U.S. Department
of Justice
Press Release
Mexican National Pleads Guilty to Illegal Reentry
For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana
Acting U.S. Duane A. Evans announced that MIGUEL TERRAZAS-ORDONEZ, age 40, a citizen of Mexico, pled guilty last Thursday to a one-count Indictment charging him with illegal reentry of a removed alien.
According to court documents, TERRAZAS-ORDONEZ was found in the United States on May 11, 2017, after having been previously deported on December 28, 2000.
TERRAZAS-ORDONEZ faces a maximum term of imprisonment of twenty years, a maximum fine of $250,000, a maximum term of supervised release of three years, and a mandatory $100 special assessment. U.S. District Judge Sarah S. Vance set sentencing for August 31, 2017.
Acting U.S. Attorney Evans praised the work of the United States Department of Homeland Security in investigating this matter. Assistant U.S. Attorney Spiro G. Latsis is in charge of the prosecution.
Updated July 24, 2017
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Immigration
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