Mexican National Sentenced For Unlawful Reentry

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Basilio Antonio-Hernandez, a/k/a Basilio Hernandez, a/k/a Basilio Antonio Hernandez, a/k/a/ Basilio Antoniohernandez, a/k/a Antonio Hernandez Basilio, a/k/a Alexander Hernandez Hernandez, age 41, of Mexico, was sentenced to eight months in prison for one count of Unlawful Reentry of Removed Alien.

The charge arose from an investigation by the Heavener Police Department and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Removal Operations.

On September 12, 2024, Antonio-Hernandez pleaded guilty to the charge.  According to investigators, on May 26, 2024, Antonio-Hernandez, an alien, was found in the United States after having been previously deported and removed on three prior occasions without having obtained the express consent of the Secretary of Homeland Security to reapply for admission to the United States.

The Honorable Ronald A. White, Chief U.S. District Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, presided over the hearing.  Antonio-Hernandez will remain in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service pending transportation to a designated United States Bureau of Prisons facility to serve a non-paroleable sentence of incarceration.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Patrick M. Flanigan represented the United States.