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ALBANY, NEW YORK – Fidel Herrera-Cruz, age 40, and a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced today to 5 months in jail for illegally re-entering the United States.
The announcement was made by United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and Robert N. Garcia, Chief Patrol Agent, United States Border Patrol, Swanton Sector.
Herrera-Cruz admitted that he is a citizen of Mexico, and that he was removed from the United States to Mexico on April 10, 2018 and again on October 28, 2018. On each occasion, Herrera-Cruz had been arrested by immigration authorities along the southwest border after he entered the United States without inspection from Mexico.
On February 24, 2019, Herrera-Cruz was arrested by a Border Patrol Agent as part of a group of five people who had illegally entered the United States from Canada by walking across the border approximately 4 miles east of the Fort Covington Port of Entry. A fingerprint check of Herrera-Cruz resulted in the discovery of the prior removals.
This case was investigated by Border Patrol and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Edward P. Grogan.