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ILLEGAL ALIENS PLEAD GUILTY IN FEDERAL COURT
October 8, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
EBER ADOLFO RIVERA-ORTEZ, a resident of Honduras and JOSE GUADALUPE MARTINEZ-MENCHACA, a resident of Mexico, each plead guilty in federal court today before U. S. District Judge Mary Ann Vial Lemmon to a one-count indictment for using a counterfeit Permanent Resident Alien card (commonly known as a Green Card) to gain access to a U. S. Coast Guard Station in Grand Isle, Louisiana, announced U. S. Attorney Jim Letten.
According to court documents, RIVERA-ORTEZ and MARTINEZ-MENCHACA admitted that on August 12, 2009, they were in the United States illegally and each possessed a counterfeit Permanent Resident Alien card and presented it to gain access in an effort to work at the U. S. Coast Guard station in Grand Isle, Louisiana. Neither alien was lawfully admitted into the United States of America.
RIVERA-ORTEZ and MARTINEZ-MENCHACA each face a maximum term of imprisonment of (10) ten years, a fine of $250,000.00 and three (3) years of supervised release following any term of imprisonment. Sentencing has been scheduled for January 14, 2009 at 2:00 P.M.
The case was investigated by the Immigration and Customs and Enforcement. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U. S. Attorney W. Scott Laragy.
(Download Factual Basis for Martinez-Menchaca, Rivera-Ortez 
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