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Mexican national sentenced to two years for illegal reentry

For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of West Virginia

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Mexican national Rogelio Portillo Vasquez, 38, was sentenced to 24 months in prison today for illegal reentry into the country, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced today.

Portillo Vasquez was previously deported to Mexico in May 2012. In September 2014, authorities discovered that he was in Jefferson County, West Virginia without permission. He pled guilty in December 2014 one count of “Re-entry by a Removed Alien.”

Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul Camilletti prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement investigated.

U.S. District Judge Gina M. Groh presided.

Updated February 4, 2016
Topic
Immigration
Component
USAO - West Virginia, Northern

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