Six Prosecuted For Illegal Reentry In August

MACON: Charles E. Peeler, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces that six (6) individuals were prosecuted in August by his office for illegal reentry into the country after having been deported and removed.  All defendants convicted of Illegal Reentry are subject to deportation proceedings following their sentences.

Two (2) individuals were indicted by a Grand Jury on August 15, 2018 for Illegal Reentry.  An indictment is only an allegation of criminal conduct.  All of the defendants are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty in a court of law beyond a reasonable doubt.  Those indicted were:

FEISAR NAJERA-FLORES, age 40, a citizen of Honduras, is charged with Illegal Reentry after being deported and removed from the United States on August 8, 2011 and February 16, 2012, and returning without the consent of the Attorney General or Secretary for Homeland Security to re-apply for admission.  Mr. Najera-Flores was found unlawfully in Tift County on June 24, 2018.  If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of two (2) years in prison, a $250,000.00 fine, or both.  

The case was investigated by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Enforcement and Removal Operations and is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Sonja Profit.

OTILO PEREZ-ESCOBAR, age 34, a citizen of Mexico, is charged with Illegal Reentry after being deported and removed from the United States on November 30, 2012 and returning without the consent of the Attorney General or Secretary for Homeland Security to re-apply for admission. Mr. Perez-Escobar was found unlawfully in Sumter County on June 21, 2018.  If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of two (2) years in prison, a $250,000.00 fine, or both.  

The case was investigated by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Enforcement and Removal Operations and is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Jim Crane.

Four (4) individuals pled guilty to the charge of Illegal Reentry in August.  Those who pled guilty are:

JOSE FELIPE CERVANTES-MONDRAGON, a citizen of Mexico, entered a guilty plea to Illegal Reentry on August 8, 2018, before Senior U.S. District Court Judge C. Ashley Royal.  Mr. Cervantes-Mondragon was indicted on the charge on June 12, 2018, after being removed and deported from the United States on December 13, 2011 and  December 4, 2014, and returning without the consent of the Attorney General of the United States or the Secretary for Homeland Security to re-apply for admission.  He was found in Morgan County unlawfully on March 29, 2018.  Sentencing is set for October 3, 2018.  Mr. Cervantes-Mondragon faces a maximum sentence of two (2) years in prison, a $250,000 fine, or both. 

This case was investigated by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Enforcement and Removal Operations and is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Kimberly S. Easterling.

JOSE SERRANO-HERNANDEZ a citizen of Mexico, entered a guilty plea to Illegal Reentry on August 8, 2018 before Senior U.S. District Court Judge C. Ashley Royal.  Mr. Serrano Hernandez was indicted on the charge on June 12, 2018, after being removed and deported from the United States on January 22, 2009 and March 31, 2015, and returning without the consent of the Attorney General of the United States or the Secretary for Homeland Security to re-apply for admission.  He was found in Athens-Clarke County unlawfully on May 3, 2018.  Sentencing is set for October 3, 2018.  Mr. Serrano-Hernandez faces a maximum sentence of two (2) years in prison, a $250,000 fine, or both. 

This case was investigated by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Enforcement and Removal Operations and is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Kimberly S. Easterling.

BALDEMAR LOPEZ AGUILON, aka ELIAS LOPEZ-GOMEZ, a citizen of Guatemala, entered a plea of guilty on August 28, 2018 to a Superseding Information charging him with Illegal Reentry after being removed and deported from the United States on July 30, 2003 and July 18, 2012 and returning without the consent of the Attorney General of the United States or the Secretary for Homeland Security to re-apply for admission.  He was found in Butts County unlawfully on June 8, 2018.  His sentencing is scheduled for October 17, 2018.  He faces a maximum sentence of two (2) years in prison, a $250,000 fine, or both. 

The case was investigated by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Enforcement and Removal Operations and is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul C. McCommon III.

BRAULIO CARRILLO-CARRILLO, a citizen of Mexico, entered a plea of guilty on August 28, 2018 to Illegal Reentry after being removed and deported from the United States on June 5, 2012, September 16, 2012, June 9, 2013, June 16, 2013 and June 16, 2015, and returning without the consent of the Attorney General of the United States or the Secretary for Homeland Security to re-apply for admission.  He was found in Houston County unlawfully on February 7, 2018.  He was sentenced on August 28, 2018 to time served.

The case was investigated by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Enforcement and Removal Operations and is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul C. McCommon III.

Questions concerning these cases should be directed to Pamela Lightsey, Public Information Officer, United States Attorney’s Office, at (478) 621-2603.