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Honduran National Pleads Guilty to Illegally Reentry
For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana
U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that JOSE LEMUS-HERNANDEZ, age 28, a citizen of Honduras, pled guilty today to a one-count Bill of Information for illegal reentry of removed alien.
According to the Bill of Information, on or about October 30, 2014, JOSE LEMUS-HERNANDEZ was found in the United States after having been officially deported and removed on or about April 16, 2012.
JOSE LEMUS-HERNANDEZ faces a maximum term of imprisonment of two years and a fine of $250,000, or the greater of twice the gross gain to the defendant, one year supervised release after imprisonment, and a $100 special assessment. U.S. District Judge Susie Morgan set sentencing for April 8, 2015.
U.S. Attorney Polite praised the work of the Department of Homeland Security/Immigration and Custom Enforcement and Removal in investigating this matter. Assistant United States Attorney Irene González is in charge of the prosecution.
Updated December 4, 2014
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