U.S. Department
of Justice
Press Release
Mexican National Sentenced for Illegal Reentry
For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana
U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that JAIRO JACIEL JIMENEZ-HERNANDEZ, age 29, a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to a one-count indictment for illegal reentry of a removed alien.
U.S. District Judge Carl J. Barbier sentenced JIMENEZ-HERNANDEZ to time served and ordered him to serve one year of supervised release. Additionally, JIMENEZ-HERNANDEZ was ordered to pay a $5,000 fine and a $100 special assessment. JIMENEZ-HERNANDEZ will be surrendered to the custody of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for removal proceedings.
According to court documents, JIMENEZ-HERNANDEZ reentered the United States on or about August 30, 2015 after having been previously deported on May 17, 2012.
U.S. Attorney Polite praised the work of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency in investigating this matter. Assistant U. S. Attorney Spiro G. Latsis was in charge of the prosecution.
Updated February 4, 2016
Topic
Immigration
Component