Texas Border Business
U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Texas
HOUSTON – A 61-year-old Honduran national who illegally resided in Houston has been sentenced for illegally reentering the country again.
Angel Arquimedez Coto-Martinez pleaded guilty Dec. 5, 2025.
U.S. District Judge Ewing Werlein Jr. has now ordered him to serve 38 months in federal prison. In imposing the sentence, the court noted his repeated removals and criminal history. Not a U.S. citizen, he is again expected to face removal proceedings following his imprisonment.
Coto-Martinez has multiple previous convictions for illegal reentry. Authorities first removed him in July 2005 and again in December 2010, July 2016, and twice more in 2022. He returned illegally after each removal.
Most recently, he was ordered removed Feb. 27, 2022, but law enforcement found him again in the Houston area Oct. 25, 2025, with no authorization to be in the United States.
Coto-Martinez has been and will remain in custody pending transfer to a Federal Bureau of Prisons facility to be determined in the near future.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement – Enforcement and Removal Operations conducted the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Ekua Assabill prosecuted the case.
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, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations, and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime.
Updated February 27, 2026
