PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that four foreign nationals convicted separately of illegally reentering the United States after prior deportations were sentenced this month.
Rafael Morales-Osoria , aka Victor Gonzalez-Rodriguez and Melvin Veras-Medina, 42, a Dominican national, was sentenced by United States District Judge Timothy J. Savage to 18 months in prison and three years of supervised release for illegal reentry. Upon completing his prison sentence, he will be removed from the United States again.
Morales-Osoria had previously been removed from the U.S. in July 2015, August 2017, and August 2020.
In May 2025, after learning that the defendant had been arrested in Philadelphia, in connection with a suspected transaction involving drug proceeds, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) took him into custody on a criminal complaint and warrant. Morales-Osoria was charged by indictment with illegal reentry in August 2025 and pleaded guilty this January.
Cesar Sandino Tejada-Acosta , aka Ceasar Almonte and Miguel Fernandez, 55, a Dominican national, was sentenced by United States District Judge Paul S. Diamond to 15 months in prison and three years of supervised release for illegal reentry. Upon completing his prison sentence, he will be removed from the United States again.
Tejada-Acosta had previously been removed from the U.S. in September 2009, after serving a 135-month term of federal imprisonment for his role in an armed robbery. Tejada Acosta was found back in the United States in February 2025, charged with operating a “chop shop” in Philadelphia.
In March of this year, ICE located the defendant and arrested him on a criminal complaint and warrant. He was charged by indictment with illegal reentry in April and pleaded guilty in June.
Luis Toribio-Cantor , 38, a Mexican national, was sentenced by United States District Judge Joshua D. Wolson to 10 months in prison for illegal reentry. Upon completing his prison sentence, he will be removed from the United States again.
Toribio-Cantor had previously been removed from the U.S. five times: in August 2010 and July 2014, after encounters with the U.S. Border Patrol in Arizona; in January 2015, following his conviction for illegal entry in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona; in November 2015, following his conviction for illegal reentry in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico; and in August 2019, following his conviction for illegal reentry in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
In April of this year, ICE learned that the defendant had reentered the country once again and arrested him on a criminal complaint and warrant. He was charged by information with illegal reentry in June and pleaded guilty the same month, waiving prosecution by indictment.
Angel David Julian-Mendez , aka Angel Julian, 45, a Guatemalan national, was sentenced by United States District Judge Karen Spencer Marston to time served, approximately six months, for illegal reentry. Having completed his sentence, he will be removed from the United States again.
Julian-Mendez had previously been removed from the U.S. in February 2009 and September 2009.
ICE arrested the defendant in March of this year on a criminal complaint and warrant. He was charged by indictment with illegal reentry in April and pleaded guilty this month.
These cases are 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.
The cases were investigated by ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations and prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Lindsey Mills, Josh Davison, Nicholas DiMarco, and Martin E. Howley Jr.
Source: U.S. Attorney’s Office — Eastern District of Pennsylvania — U.S. Department of Justice press release.