Edgardo Amador-Rodriguez, a 29-year-old native of Honduras, has pled guilty to charges related to re-entering the United States after deportation. The announcement was made by Acting U.S. Attorney Michael M. Simpson on May 13, 2025. Amador-Rodriguez is scheduled for sentencing on June 17, 2025, before U.S. District Judge Brandon S. Long.
Court documents reveal that Amador-Rodriguez had previously been deported from the United States on June 8, 2018. He was later booked into the Orleans Justice Center on December 22, 2024, following an arrest for several state charges. On March 5, 2023, the Pacific Enforcement Response Center issued a detainer for him after his arrest in Jefferson Parish for municipal and traffic-related offenses. Following his release from local custody on March 7, 2025, Enforcement and Removal Operations New Orleans transferred him to immigration authorities.
Amador-Rodriguez faces potential penalties including up to two years in prison, a fine of up to $250,000, one year of supervised release, and a mandatory special assessment fee of $100.
This case is part of Operation Take Back America—a nationwide initiative by the Department of Justice aimed at addressing illegal immigration and dismantling cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs). The operation integrates resources from various programs such as the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETFs) and Project Safe Neighborhood (PSN).
Acting U.S. Attorney Simpson commended the efforts of multiple agencies involved in this investigation: United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency; Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office; and Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office. Assistant United States Attorney Carter K.D. Guice Jr., from the General Crimes Unit, is leading the prosecution.