Press release from the U.S. Attorney, Northern District of Florida

Updated at 8 p.m. with sentence.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Daurin Abimael Roblero Perez, 28, of the country of Mexico, was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison after previously pleading guilty to illegal reentry of a removed alien. The sentence was announced by John P. Heekin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.

According to court records, Roblero Perez was discovered to be illegally in the United States after he was encountered in Alachua County, Florida, and arrested for operating a motor vehicle without a valid license. Upon being booked into the Alachua County Jail, Roblero Perez was determined to be a Mexican national who had been previously deported or removed from the United States in July 2020. Roblero Perez admitted he had not applied for nor obtained permission from the Secretary of Homeland Security or the Attorney General to reenter the United States. Instead, he reentered the United States by “walking across at Arizona” in approximately 2023.

U.S. Attorney Heekin said, “President Donald J. Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi have made enforcing our nation’s immigration laws a top priority, and my office stands ready to fulfill that priority.  This sentence should be a deterrent warning to all illegal aliens that violations of our nation’s immigration laws will not be taken lightly by my office.”

The conviction and sentence were the result of an investigation by the United States Department of Homeland Security’s Enforcement and Removal Operations. The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Adam Hapner.

This case is part of Operation Take Back America ( a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieves the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), and protects 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).