Honduran Sentenced To Time-Served For Illegally Re-entering United States

Honduran Sentenced To Time-Served For Illegally Re-entering United States

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys on April 29, 2013. It is reproduced in full below.

PITTSBURGH - An individual found in Homestead, Pa., pleaded guilty and has been sentenced in federal court to time-served on his conviction of re-entry into the United States after deportation, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.

United States District Judge Nora Barry Fischer imposed the sentence on Wilson Baca-Ortiz, 33, formerly from Honduras.

According to the information presented to the court, Wilson Baca-Ortiz, an alien, was removed from the United States by U.S. States Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Nov. 21, 2005. Wilson Baca-Ortiz was found on March 21, 2013, pursuant to an on-going investigation into another immigration matter.

Assistant United States Attorney Paul E. Hull prosecuted this case on behalf of the government.

U.S. Attorney Hickton commended Immigration and Customs Enforcement for conducting the investigation leading to the successful prosecution of Baca-Ortiz.

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

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