Mexican National Indicted For Illegal Re-Entery

HARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a federal grand jury in Harrisburg indicted Luciano Vasquez-Perez yesterday for illegally re-entering the United States after having been previously deported. 

According to U.S. Attorney Peter Smith, Vasquez-Perez, a 32 year old Guatemalan national, has been deported on two previous occasions.  In July of 2013, he was convicted of improperly entering the United States by the U.S. District Court for Arizona and subsequently deported.  Later that month, he was again found near Nogales, Arizona and deported a second time.        

The matter was investigated by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) and the case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Scott R. Ford.   

Indictments are only allegations. All persons charged are presumed to be innocent unless and until found guilty in court.

A sentence following a finding of guilt is imposed by the Judge after consideration of the applicable federal sentencing statutes and the Federal Sentencing Guidelines.

The maximum penalty for this offense under federal law is 2 years of imprisonment, a term of supervised release following imprisonment, and a fine.  Under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, the Judge is also required to consider and weigh a number of factors, including the nature, circumstances and seriousness of the offense; the history and characteristics of the defendant; and the need to punish the defendant, protect the public and provide for the defendant's educational, vocational and medical needs. For these reasons, the statutory maximum penalty for the offense is not an accurate indicator of the potential sentence for a specific defendant.

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