Guatemalan Citizen Charged With Illegal Reentry

Guatemalan Citizen Charged With Illegal Reentry

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys on Feb. 13, 2013. It is reproduced in full below.

Deiby Ovalle-Pinto, 29, of Guatemala, was charged today by Indictment with illegal re-entry after deportation, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. The indictment alleges that on or about February 6, 2013, Ovalle-Pinto, an alien, and native and citizen of Guatemala, was found in the United States after having been deported from the United States on or about June 19, 2003.

If convicted the defendant faces a maximum possible sentence of 20 years imprisonment, not more than three years supervised release, a $250,000 fine and a $100 special assessment.

The case was investigated by the Enforcement and Removal Operations of Immigration and Customs Enforcement of the United States Department of Homeland Security and is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Linwood C. Wright, Jr.

UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, EASTERN DISTRICTof PENNSYLVANIA

Suite 1250, 615 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106

PATTY HARTMAN, Media Contact, 215-861-8525

Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys

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