U.S. Department
of Justice
Press Release
Honduran National Pleads Guilty to Illegal Reentry
For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana
U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that JOSE ANGEL ESPINOZA-FUENTES, age 42, a native of Honduras, pleaded guilty yesterday to a one-count indictment charging him with illegal entry of a removed alien.
According to the court documents, ESPINOZA-FUENTES was previously removed from the United States on July 22, 2011. He was later found in the Eastern District of Louisiana on July 1, 2018, and had not received permission from the Attorney General of the United States or the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security to reenter.
ESPINOZA-FUENTES faces a maximum term of imprisonment of 2 years, a fine of $250,000, one year of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment fee. U.S. District Judge Martin L.C. Feldman set sentencing for December 19, 2018.
U.S. Attorney Strasser praised the work of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in investigating this matter. Assistant United States Attorney Jon Maestri is in charge of the prosecution.
Updated September 27, 2018
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