Illegal Alien Convicted Of Illegally Reentering Country For Second Time

Tampa, Florida – Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that a federal judge yesterday found Noe Blas-Jahuey (30, Mexico) guilty of illegal reentry of a deported alien. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. A sentencing hearing is scheduled for March 9, 2018.

Blas-Jahuey was indicted on May 19, 2016.   

According to testimony and evidence presented at trial, Blas-Jahuey was deported twice, once in August 2013, and again in December 2013. He reentered the United States illegally after his December 2013 deportation without receiving permission to return. Immigration authorities found Blas-Jahuey in the United States after he was arrested by local law-enforcement officers in Pinellas County for aggravated assault. He has a prior conviction for illegal reentry into the United States.

This case was investigated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations. It is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Jennifer L. Peresie.