Illegal alien with prior murder conviction sentenced to 69 months in federal prison

An illegal alien with a prior murder conviction was sentenced to 69 months in federal prison for illegal reentry after removal from the United States, announced Nancy E. Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.

Francisco Alan Martinez Camara, a 36-year-old national of Mexico, pled guilty in March 2025 to illegally reentering the United States after previously having been deported.  Court documents show that this was Martinez Camara’s second conviction for illegally reentering the United States.  He was first convicted in March 2022 in the Western District of Texas and was sentenced to six months in federal prison.  According to court records, in April 2013, Martinez Camara pled guilty to the state offense of murder in Webb County, Texas.  After serving his sentence for that offense, he was deported from the United States in 2016.  

On Monday, June 16, United States Chief District Judge David C. Godbey sentenced Martinez Camara to 69 months’ imprisonment for his second conviction for illegally reentering the United States.  During the sentencing hearing, Judge Godbey admonished Martinez Camara that the penalties for any future immigration violations, including illegal reentry into the United States, would likely increase if he again reentered the United States without authorization.  

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted the investigation.  Assistant U.S. Attorney Marissa Aulbaugh prosecuted the case.