A Mexican national has been sentenced for illegally re-entering the United States after being previously removed. Angel Flores-Quiahua, 35, was found to have reentered the country unlawfully following his removal.
Court documents reveal that on February 25, 2025, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) conducted labor site inspections in Foley, Alabama. During these inspections at the Hadley Village subdivision, a group of approximately 11 individuals attempted to evade HSI Enforcement and Removal Operations agents by fleeing through drainage ditches and construction zones into nearby woods. Agents pursued them and discovered Flores-Quiahua hiding inside a piping system entrance in a drainage ditch.
Agents later confirmed Flores-Quiahua's status as an alien and Mexican citizen who had been removed from the United States twice before. Records show he was first removed through Chicago's port of entry around July 12, 2013. He was identified again as not legally present in the U.S. on July 11, 2016, leading to reinstatement of his previous removal order. Subsequently, he was removed through Nogales, Arizona's port of entry on July 12, 2016.
Flores-Quiahua was sentenced by a District Court Judge to time served since his arrest on February 25, 2025. Following the sentencing announcement, the judge ordered that Flores-Quiahua be handed over to an authorized immigration official for deportation consideration.
The announcement came from U.S. Attorney Sean Costello of the Southern District of Alabama. The Department of Homeland Security investigated this case with Assistant U.S. Attorney Tandice Blackwood prosecuting on behalf of the United States.