Ersy Gregorio Umanzor Lopez, a 33-year-old Honduran national, has been sentenced to time served for unlawful reentry into the United States. The sentence was announced by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma.
Lopez was found in Bryan County, Oklahoma, without legal status. Authorities said he had previously been removed from the United States on three occasions: September 8, 2017; October 20, 2017; and January 12, 2018. According to investigators from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement Division and the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, Lopez did not have consent from the Secretary of Homeland Security to return to the country.
On January 5, 2026, Lopez pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful reentry of a removed alien.
“This case is part of Operation Take Back America, a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime,” according to a statement released by authorities.
The sentencing hearing was overseen by Senior U.S. District Judge Ronald A. White in Muskogee. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Lewis M. Reagan and Jonathan E. Soverly prosecuted the case.
