U.S. Department
of Justice
Press Release
Honduran National Sentenced to 14 Months Imprisonment for Illegal Re-Entry
For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana
NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that HUGO BRIAN FUENTAS-EGUIGURENS (“FUENTAS-EGUIGURENS”), age 27, was sentenced on March 12, 2024 by United States District Judge Darrel James Papillion to 14 months imprisonment, after previously pleading guilty to illegal reentry of a removed alien, in violation of Title 8, United States Code, Section 1326(a). Additionally, the court sentenced FUENTAS-EGUIGURENS to 1 year of supervised release and the payment of a mandatory $100 special assessment fee.
According to court documents, FUENTAS-EGUIGURENS reentered the United States after being previously deported on April 26, 2019. On or about April 1, 2023, FUENTES-EGUIGURENS, was found to be unlawfully present in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana based on an Immigration Alien Query. Federal authorities placed an immigration detainer on FUENTES-EGUIGURENS after his arrest by the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office on March 31, 2023. Records revealed that FUENTES-EGUIGURENS has been arrested for numerous crimes, and had convictions for simple escape, and resisting an officer.
U.S. Attorney Evans praised the work of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement in investigating this matter. Assistant U.S. Attorney Carter K.D. Guice, Jr. of the General Crimes Unit is in charge of the prosecution.
Contact
Shane M. Jones
Public Information Officer
United States Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Louisiana
United States Department of Justice
Updated March 18, 2024
Topic
Immigration
Component