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Honduran Sentenced for Immigration Offense

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

Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that OSCAR OMAR CAMPOS-ROJAS, age 32, a native of Honduras, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to a one-count Indictment charging him with illegal reentry of a removed alien, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1326(a).

 

United States District Court Judge Jane Triche Milazzo sentenced CAMPOS-ROJAS to 14 months of imprisonment, 1 year of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment fee.

 

According to court documents, CAMPOS-ROJAS, was previously removed from the United States on April 4, 2011. He was later found in the Eastern District of Louisiana on August 17, 2015, and had not received permission from the Attorney General of the United States or the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security to reenter.

 

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

Updated June 8, 2017

Topic
Immigration