Six-Time Felon and Illegal Alien Sentenced

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – An El Salvadoran man with no fixed address, who has resided off and on in the United States for over 20 years, was sentenced yesterday to three years in prison for illegally re-entering the United States after deportation and subsequent to a felony conviction.

According to court proceedings, Juan Carlos Garcia Torres, 41, was detained on October 26, 2017, in Fairfax County, Virginia for his sixth DUI arrest. ICE took the defendant into custody on October 30, 2017. The defendant has never gained lawful status in the United States and he was convicted previously in 2011 in the Southern District of Texas for another felony illegal reentry offense. At the time of his arrest on October 26, the defendant had four prior DUI convictions in northern Virginia and six felony convictions overall.

G. Zachary Terwilliger, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, and Russell Hott, Field Office Director for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Washington, D.C., made the announcement after sentencing by U.S. District Judge Liam O’Grady. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Dennis M. Fitzpatrick and Christopher Cook are handling the prosecution.

A copy of this press release is located on the website of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia. Related court documents and information is located on the website of the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia or on PACER by searching for Case No. 1:18-cr-2.