Mexican National Living In Lake County Faces 4th Deportation: DOJ

ISLAND LAKE, IL — A Mexican national who most recently resided in Island Lake has been arrested on a federal immigration charge for allegations he's re-entered the United States after several deportations, federal prosecutors said Thursday.

Salvador Guerrero Lopez, also known as "Jovani Hernandez Pina," was arrested on May 30 and charged with unlawful re-entry after removal in federal court, according to a news release from the U.S. Department of Justice.

Guerrero-Lopez, 42, was deported from the U.S. to Mexico in 2004, 2011 and 2021 after criminal convictions for unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor in California and narcotics distribution in Arkansas, according to the indictment and a criminal complaint previously filed in the case.

Most recently, he was taken into federal custody in May after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations in Eagle Pass, Texas, requested assistance from law enforcement in the Chicago area to locate and apprehend Guerrero-Lopez, who is under investigation in Texas for suspected criminal offenses, the complaint states.

The unlawful re-entry charge is punishable by up to twenty years in federal prison and a fine of up to $250,000. Defendants convicted of this offense are subject to deportation, according to federal prosecutors.