El Salvadoran National Pleads Guilty to Unlawful Reentry in Kansas City
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Missouri announced on November 12, 2026, that Leonel A. Umana-Gonzalez, 50, a national of El Salvador, pleaded guilty that day before U.S. District Judge Roseann A. Ketchmark to unlawful reentry by a removed alien.
According to the Department of Justice, Umana-Gonzalez had previously been deported in January 2002 and later returned to the United States without permission, living illegally in the Western District of Missouri. In September 2024, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) found him while he was in state custody.
The case was investigated by ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations through its Criminal Alien Program and is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Rudolph R. Rhodes IV. It is part of the Department of Justice's Operation Take Back America initiative. Sentencing will be determined by the court at a later stage. (Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
Source: U.S. Department of Justice
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