Mexican Man Sentenced to Time Served for Unlawfully Re-Entering the United States

Bangor, Maine:  United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced Benigno Godinez-Cortez, 45, of Ahuacuotzingo, Guerrero, Mexico was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court by Chief Judge Nancy Torresen to time servied (70 days) in prison for unlawfully re-entering the United States.  He pled guilty on August 14.

According to court records, on July 10, the defendant entered the United States illegally from Canada by crossing a railroad trestle near Calais.  U.S. Border Patrol agents located the defendant shortly after he entered.  He is a citizen of Mexico who had been deported after his arrest in 1994 on immigration charges and did not have immigration documents allowing him to enter.

The investigation was conducted by the U.S. Border Patrol and U.S. Customs and Border Protection.