Honduran man sentenced in Montana for illegal reentry

MISSOULA, Mont. — A Honduran man has been sentenced after admitting to illegally reentering the United States, federal officials said.

According to U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme’s office, 39-year-old Wilson Edis Rodriguez-Serrano, a citizen of Honduras, was sentenced Tuesday to 76 days — time already served — for illegal reentry. Chief U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris presided over the case. Rodriguez-Serrano was remanded to the custody of U.S. Border Patrol.

Court documents state agents encountered Rodriguez-Serrano on December 4, 2025, at a gas station in Havre after receiving a report about a truck suspected of being operated by someone in the country unlawfully. Agents conducted a consensual encounter that led to an immigration inspection of the four men in the vehicle, all of whom were determined to be in the United States illegally.

A press release states Rodriguez-Serrano admitted he crossed into the country near Eagle Pass from Mexico and acknowledged he had previously been removed from the U.S., including a voluntary return in 2010 and a final removal order issued in 2019.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Montana prosecuted the case, and Border Patrol conducted the investigation. Federal officials say the case was part of a nationwide immigration enforcement initiative led by the Department of Justice.