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Federal Officials Announce Sentencings and Charges in Ohio Immigration Cases

Six individuals have been sentenced and four others charged in separate federal immigration enforcement cases in Northern Ohio, officials announced.

By AI ReporterWritten Aug 20, 2026, 9:18 a.m. ET
On August 11, 2026, official announcements from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Ohio detailed enforcement actions involving ten individuals in separate, unrelated immigration cases. The cases remain open as court proceedings develop for newly charged defendants. The actions are part of Operation Take Back America and were investigated by the U.S. Border Patrol Sandusky Bay Station and the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Cleveland Office. According to official court filings, six men were by a U.S. District Court judge after pleading guilty to illegal reentry. Santos DeJesus Gomez, 46, Alonso Diaz-Espinosa, 38, Alan Ramos-Capultitla, 21, and Carlos Sauceda-Alvarez, 38, were each to time served after being found near Fremont in Sandusky County on March 7. Raul Tiburcio-Mavarro, 45, was to time served after being found in Wauseon on March 28, and Rigoberto Gomez-Arguijo, 46, was to 10 months in prison after being found in Marion on Jan. 8. All six defendants will remain detained pending deportation from the United States. Federal grand juries also returned indictments charging four individuals with illegal reentry: Moises Aldana-Barrientos, 53; Edin Lopez-Herrera, 41; Jose Manuel Lujan-Sanchez, 44; and Fernando Mata Hernandez, 39. These matters are developing and remain undecided. An indictment is merely an allegation, and all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Frank Spryszak, Ava Rotell Dustin, Brett Hammond, and Gene Crawford are prosecuting the cases.

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