Honduran National Pleads Guilty to Illegally Reentry

Honduran National Pleads Guilty to Illegally Reentry

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys on April 22, 2015. It is reproduced in full below.

U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that LUIS FERNANDO MARTINEZ, age 40, a citizen of Honduras, pled guilty today to a one-count Bill of Information for illegal reentry of removed alien.

According to the Bill of Information, on or about March 4, 2015, MARTINEZ was found in the United States after having been officially deported and removed on or about Feb. 1, 2013.

MARTINEZ faces a maximum term of imprisonment of two years and a fine of $250,000, one year supervised release after imprisonment, and a $100 special assessment. U.S. District Judge Helen G. Berrigan set sentencing for June 17, 2015.

U.S. Attorney Polite praised the work of the United States Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Border Patrol in investigating this matter. Assistant United States Attorney Irene González is in charge of the prosecution.

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

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