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Honduran National Pleads Guilty to Illegal Reentry

For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana

U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that WILSON MAURICIO OSORTO-ESTRADA, age 35, pled guilty today to a one-count Indictment for illegal reentry of a removed alien in violation of Title 8, United States Code, Section 1326(a) & (b)(2).

 

According to the court documents, OSOTRO-ESTRADA reentered the United States after he was previously deported on January 17, 2013.

 

If convicted, OSOTRO-ESTRADA faces a maximum term of imprisonment of ten years, a maximum fine of $250,000, a maximum term of supervised release of three years, and a mandatory $100 special assessment. U.S. District Judge Carl J. Barbier set sentencing for May 18, 2017.

 

U.S. Attorney Polite praised the work of the United States Department of Homeland Security in investigating this matter. Assistant U.S. Attorney Spiro G. Latsis is in charge of the prosecution.

 

Updated February 23, 2017

Topic
Immigration