Jorge Saavedra-Delgado, a 42-year-old Mexican national from Zamora, Michoacán, has been sentenced to 33 months in prison and one year of supervised release for illegal reentry into the United States. The sentencing was announced by U.S. Attorney Darin Smith.
Court records show that Saavedra-Delgado was encountered by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents on June 28, 2025, while he was held at Lincoln County Jail following his arrest on state charges including interference with a peace officer. Further investigation revealed that in April 2011, he had previously been convicted in the U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming for distributing methamphetamine and for illegal reentry after deportation. He received sentences of 60 months for the drug charge and 24 months for the prior reentry offense.
After being formally removed from the United States in March 2015, Saavedra-Delgado did not apply for permission to return. ICE conducted the investigation leading to this latest prosecution. Assistant U.S. Attorney Cameron J. Cook handled the case, and U.S. District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl delivered the sentence on December 16 in Cheyenne under case number 25-CR-00106.
U.S. Attorney Darin Smith stated: “We fully support ICE’s efforts to identify, locate, prosecute, and remove convicted felons who are in the United States illegally.”
This prosecution is part of Operation Take Back America, an initiative designed to coordinate Department of Justice resources against illegal immigration and criminal organizations as well as violent crime through programs like Project Safe Neighborhoods.
