Mexican Citizen Sentenced for Illegal Re-entry into United States
ALBANY, NEW YORK – Juan Leobardo Martinez Reyes, age 20, and a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced today to time served (6.5 months), for the offense of 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).
Martinez-Reyes entered a guilty plea on February 27, 2019. Martinez-Reyes admitted as part of his guilty plea that he is a citizen of Mexico, and that he was removed from the United States to Mexico on February 7, 2018 and again on February 9, 2018. On each occasion, Martinez-Reyes had been arrested by Border Patrol in Arizona after he entered the United States without inspection from Mexico. On September 10, 2018, he was arrested by an ICE-ERO Officer in Latham, New York. A fingerprint check of Martinez-Reyes resulted in the discovery of the prior removals. Martinez-Reyes admitted that he returned to the United States without permission following the 2018 removals.
Following the sentencing, Martinez-Reyes was remanded to the custody of the Department of Homeland Security, for removal from the United States.
This case was investigated by ICE-ERO and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Edward P. Grogan.