United States of America v. Gabino Trujillo

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Unlawful Reentry of a Removed Alien.

Gabino Trujillo was previously removed from the United States on three separate occasions. In March 2015, he was removed after receiving a five-year suspended sentence in State Court for possessing a controlled substance and obstructing an officer. Seventeen days after being removed, Gabino Trujillo was arrested in the Southern District of Texas and removed a second time in August 2015.

Miguel Gabino Trujillo, 32, was removed for a third time in December 2023 after being convicted of a drug-related offense in the Northern District of Oklahoma. He was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison after conspiring with others to distribute more than 490 grams of cocaine.

His latest arrest was in June 2025 when officers were patrolling downtown Tulsa and saw an occupied parked vehicle with a glass bottle on the ground outside the passenger side door. Gabino Trujillo and the driver of the vehicle refused to comply with the officers' commands and exit the vehicle. After several minutes, officers broke the window and pepper balled the vehicle. When Gabino Trujillo exited the vehicle, they found two bags of cocaine. He pleaded no contest in State Court for possessing a controlled drug and was sentenced to 25 days in jail.

While being booked into jail, agents discovered that Gabino Trujillo was unlawfully in the United States. He will remain in federal custody pending transfer to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons and is expected to face removal proceedings following the sentence.

The Homeland Security Investigations investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Kate Brandon prosecuted the case.

The Defendant was sentenced to 46 months in prison.