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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 MARVIN LOPEZ-PINEDA, age 29, a citizen of Honduras, pled guilty today to a one-count Bill of Information for illegal reentry of removed alien.

According to court records, on or about September 24, 2015, LOPEZ-PINEDA was found in the United States after having been officially deported and removed on or about May 30, 2014.

LOPEZ-PINEDA faces a maximum term of imprisonment of two years and a fine of $250,000, one year supervised release after imprisonment, and a $100 special assessment.   U.S. District Judge Carl J. Barbier set sentencing for February 4, 2016.

U.S. Attorney Polite praised the work of the United States Department of Homeland Security, Immigration Enforcement in investigating this matter.   Assistant United States Attorney Irene González is in charge of the prosecution.

Updated February 4, 2016

Topic
Immigration