Honduran National Sentenced to Time Served for Illegal Re-Entry

NEW ORLEANS – JUAN JOSE ARRIAGA-MORENO, a/k/a “Jaime Garcia Matamoros”, (“ARRIAGA-MORENO”), age 59, was sentenced on January 30, 2025, for illegal reentry of a removed alien, in violation of Title 8, United States Code, Section 1326(a), announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.  ARRIAGA-MORENO was sentenced to time served, 6 months imprisonment, and will be removed from the country by the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement.  He has been in custody since August 29, 2024.

According to court documents, on November 9, 2018, ARRIAGA-MORENO was removed from the country after being encountered by immigration and Customs Enforcement and determined to have no legal right to be in the United States.  On August 29, 2024, ARRIAGA-MORENO was again encountered by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials  in Terrytown, La. without legal authorization.

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.