Two Mexican Citizens Sentenced for Illegal Re-entry

ALBANY, NEW YORK – Jose Luis Espindola Romero, age 33, and a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced on Friday to time served (44 days in jail) for illegally re-entering the United States.  Agustin Dominguez De Jesus, age 23, and a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced on Friday to time served (43 days in jail) for illegally re-entering 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, Espindola Romero admitted that he was removed from the United States to Mexico on September 27, 2014 and again on October 9, 2014.   On July 25, 2018, ICE Officers arrested Espindola Romero near Cobleskill, New York. 

As part of his guilty plea, Dominquez De Jesus admitted that he was removed from the United States to Mexico on October 9, 2013 and again on October 18, 2013.   On July 26, 2018, ICE Officers arrested Dominquez De Jesus in Amsterdam, New York. 

Espindola Romero and Dominquez De Jesus were each remanded to the custody of the Department of Homeland Security for removal proceedings.     

These cases were investigated by ICE-ERO and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Edward P. Grogan.