Source: Office of United States Attorneys
JACKSON, MS – A Honduran national was sentenced on August 6, 2025 to 5 months and 23 days of incarceration for unlawfully reentering the United States after being removed from the country. The defendant will be transferred to ICE custody following his release.
According to court documents, Johny Antonio Nunez-Meza, 45, was found by law enforcement officials to be unlawfully present in the country on or about February 2, 2025 in Hinds County after being arrested for burglary. Nunez-Meza had previously been removed from the United States on multiple occasions and was convicted of illegal entry into the United States on August 21, 2012.
Nunez-Meza was indicted by a federal grand jury on February 20, 2025 and pleaded guilty on May 2, 2025.
Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi, Patrick A. Lemon and Eric P. DeLaune, Special Agent-in-Charge for Homeland Security Investigations in New Orleans, Louisiana; and Brian Acuna, Acting Field Office Director of ICE/ERO in New Orleans, made the announcement.
Assistant U.S. Attorney C. Brett Grantham prosecuted the case.
This case was investigated by Homeland Security investigations as part of Operation Take Back America (https://www.justice.gov/dag/media/1393746/dl?inline) 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. Operation Take Back America streamlines efforts and resources from the Department’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETFs) and Project Safe Neighborhood (PSN).