Alien Indicted on Illegal Reentry Charges

RALEIGH – Robert J. Higdon, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces that a federal grand jury in Raleigh has returned an indictment charging EZEQUIEL CUAUHTEMOC MACEDO-MAGADAN, age 48, of Mexico, with illegal reentry.

If convicted of Illegal Reentry of a Deported Alien, MACEDO-MAGADAN, previously deported four times and found in Wake County, would face maximum penalties of two years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, and a term of supervised release following any term of imprisonment.

The charges and allegations contained in the indictment are merely accusations.  The defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law. 

The case is being investigated by ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations.