(Valley News Live) – A man who was removed to Mexico last year is charged in federal court with illegally reentering the United States after Border Patrol agents arrested him in Grand Forks, according to a criminal complaint.
Diego Armando Angeles-Lorenzo was arrested Sunday, Nov. 8, according to the complaint and an agent’s affidavit. The complaint was filed Monday in U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota. It charges him under federal law with being found in the United States after being removed, without getting permission to reapply for admission.
According to the affidavit, Border Patrol agents on patrol in Grand Forks saw a vehicle registered to Angeles-Lorenzo parked at an apartment complex. Record checks showed he had been removed to Mexico.
The affidavit says agents watched as he left the complex in a different vehicle as a passenger, then stopped the vehicle in Grand Forks and arrested him. He was taken to the Border Patrol station in Pembina for processing.
His immigration history
The affidavit says an agent arrested Angeles-Lorenzo in June 2025 and processed him at the Pembina station. It says he was ordered removed under expedited removal and was removed to Mexico on July 9, 2025.
The affidavit also lists an earlier encounter in December 2023 at the Laredo, Texas, port of entry. It says he returned to Mexico after withdrawing his application for admission and that a visa he had been issued earlier had been revoked.
After agents read him his rights, Angeles-Lorenzo agreed to answer questions without an attorney and said he was a Mexican citizen who was previously ordered removed, according to the affidavit. It says he told agents he last entered the United States without inspection.
The affidavit says investigators found no record that Angeles-Lorenzo was ever given permission to reenter. He is currently in custody at the Northwest Regional Corrections Center in Crookston, Minnesota.
The charge is an allegation in a criminal complaint and has not been proven in court. Angeles-Lorenzo is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.
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