Mexican Citizen Sentenced For Illegal Re-entry into United States

ALBANY, NEW YORK – Reynaldo Cristobal Jimenez Jimenez, age 25, and a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced today to time served (22 days in jail) 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, Jimenez Jimenez admitted that he is a citizen of Mexico, and that he illegally returned to the United States after he was removed to Mexico on September 16, 2012. 

On October 25, 2017, ICE Officers arrested Jimenez Jimenez in Queensbury, New York. 

Following the sentencing, Jimenez Jimenez 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.