Mexican Citizen Sentenced To Two Months Incarercation After Felony Conviction For Illegal Reentry Into The United States

The United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown announces that Victor Manuel Mina-Garcia, a 32 year old, citizen of Mexico, was sentenced today to two months incarceration after his felony conviction for illegal re-entry after deportation.

On February 26, 2015, Mina-Garcia pled guilty to reentering the United States after having been deported.  In summary, on December 12, 2014, Mina-Garcia was arrested in Saraland, Alabama for local theft crimes.  His fingerprints indicated that he was the same Mina-Garcia who had been deported in 2010 after having been found in Texas after entering the United States illegally.

             Special agents of Homeland Security/Immigration and Customs Enforcement along with Saraland, Alabama police officers investigated the case and presented it to the U.S. Attorney=s Office for prosecution.  The prosecutor assigned to the case is Assistant United States Attorney, Gina S. Vann.