Diboll Man Pleads Guilty To Illegal Entry

Davilyn Walton, a public affairs officer for the U.S. Attorney's Office - Eastern District of Texas sent out a press release about a Diboll man who pleaded guilty to unlawfully returning to the United States after being deported.

According to the Lufkin Daily News, Mexican national Eduardo Barajas-Macias, 32, pleaded guilty last week to illegal entry by someone previously deported. The plea was entered before U.S. Magistrate Judge Christine L. Stetson.

Barajas-Macias was in Diboll in March of 2024 after an investigation found he was previously deported from the U.S. back to Mexico in 2023. Now he faces up to two years in federal prison.

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Barajas-Macias was arrested with 15 others as part of a methamphetamine trafficking ring. The bust was part of the biggest law enforcement operation in Angelina County, according to Sheriff Tom Selman.

Barajas was found to be a close associate of that criminal meth conspiracy. Now a sentencing hearing will be scheduled after an investigation by the U.S. Probation Office is completed.

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This case is included in Operation Take Back America, which works to streamline efforts of local law enforcement alongside the full resources of the DOJ. It was investigated by everyone from Homeland Security to the FBI, including our own Angelina County Sheriff's Office. 

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The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Donald Carter. This is likely not the first or last case from the meth arrests.