The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, announced today that a 35- year-old native and citizen of Mexico has been charged with illegal reentry into the United States.

     According to United States Attorney Peter J. Smith, Freddy Moreno-Vasquez, age 35, a native and citizen of Mexico, in the United States illegally was charged in a one-count indictment by a federal grand jury in Harrisburg today.

     The indictment alleges that Moreno-Vasquez, an alien who has previously been convicted of a felony, arrested, and deported from the United States in February 2010, did knowingly and unlawfully reenter the United States and was apprehended in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania.

     If convicted, Moreno-Vasquez faces a maximum sentence of up to 10 years' imprisonment and a $250,000 fine.

    This investigation was conducted by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and is being prosecuted by Special Assistant United States Attorney Brian G. McDonnell.

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An Indictment or Information is not evidence of guilt but simply a description of the charge made by the Grand Jury and/or United States Attorney against a defendant. A charged Defendant is presumed innocent until a jury returns a unanimous finding that the United States has proven the defendant's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt or until the defendant has pled guilty to the charges.

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