Guatemalan Man Sentenced For Illegal Re-entry into the United States

ALBANY, NEW YORK – Raul Mendez Ordonez, age 33, and a citizen of Guatemala, was sentenced today to time served (47 days) for illegally re-entering the United States. 

The announcement was made by Acting United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and Thomas E. Feeley, Director of the Buffalo Field Office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO).

As part of his guilty plea, Mendez Ordonez admitted that he is a citizen of Guatemala, and that he illegally returned to the United States after he was removed to Guatemala, under the name Nolberto Gonzalez Gomez, on June 1, 2012.

On September 7, 2017, Mendez Ordonez was arrested by ICE officers in Middleburgh, New York. 

Following the sentencing, Mendez Ordonez will be transferred to the custody of the Department of Homeland Security, for removal proceedings.

This case was investigated by ICE-ERO and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Edward P. Grogan.