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Mexican Citizen Sentenced for Illegal Re-entry

For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of New York

ALBANY, NEW YORK – Mauro Vasquez-Bautista, age 21, and a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced on Friday to time served (17 days in jail) for illegal re-entry into the United States.

 

The announcement was made by 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, Vasquez-Bautista, a citizen of Mexico, admitted that he was removed from the United States to Mexico on December 4, 2014.  On January 9, 2018, an ICE Officer arrested Vasquez-Bautista in the city of Albany.    

 

Vasquez-Bautista was remanded 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.

Updated January 29, 2018

Topic
Immigration