Illegal Alien Sentenced to Prison for Possession of a Firearm

Gulfport, Miss. – On Wednesday, November 15, 2017, Rodrigo Hernandez-Garcia, 32, an illegal alien living in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola, Jr., to 8 months in federal prison for possession of a firearm by an illegal alien, announced U. S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Raymond Parmer, Jr., Special Agent in Charge of Immigration Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security Investigations, in New Orleans.

Hernandez-Garcia was ordered to be turned over to Immigration officials for deportation to Mexico upon completion of his sentence.

This case was investigated by Immigration Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security Investigations, and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Annette Williams.