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Honduran National Pleads Guilty to Immigration Offense

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

Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that YONI LAGOS, age 26, a native of Honduras, pled guilty today to a one-count Indictment for Illegal Entry of a Removed Alien, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1326(a).

 

According to court documents, LAGOS was previously removed from the United States on January 13, 2016. LAGOS was found in the Eastern District of Louisiana on March 21, 2017 and had not received permission from the Attorney General of the United States or the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security to reenter.

 

LAGOS faces a maximum term of imprisonment of two (2) years, as well as a fine of $250,000. United States District Court Judge Kurt D. Engelhardt set sentencing for January 31, 2018.

 

Acting U.S. Attorney Evans praised the work of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency in investigating this matter. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jon Maestri is in charge of the prosecution.

Updated November 15, 2017
Topic
Immigration
Component
USAO - Louisiana, Eastern

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