Mexican man pleads guilty to illegal re-entry

BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that Abraham Ulises Jimenez-Licona, 38, a citizen of Mexico, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr. to re­entry of removed alien. Jimenez-Licona was then sentenced to serve six months in prison. 

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Andrew J. Henning and Sasha Mascarenhas, who handled the case, stated that in May 2012, Jimenez-Licona was ordered removed from the United States by an immigration judge in Batavia, NY. In addition to the May 2012, removal, he was also ordered removed and was subsequently removed in 2021 following a violent assault. On February 6, 2025, Jimenez-Licona was found in the Town of Amherst, NY.

The plea and sentencing are the result of an investigation by Homeland Security Investigations, under the direction of Special Agent-in-Charge Erin Keegan, and Customs and Border Protection, under the direction of Director of Field Operations Rose Brophy.

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