Honduran National Sentenced for Illegal Reentry

Honduran National Sentenced for Illegal Reentry

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys on Feb. 11, 2016. It is reproduced in full below.

U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that DOMINGO HERRERA-VEGA, a/k/a Herrera Domingo, age 38, a citizen of Honduras, was sentenced after previously pleading guilty to a one-count Bill of Information for illegal reentry of removed alien.

U.S. District Nannette Jolivette Brown sentenced HERRERA-VEGA to time served to be followed by one year of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. HERRERA-VEGA will be surrendered to the custody of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for removal proceedings.

According to court documents, on or about Oct. 20, 2015, HERRERA-VEGA was found in the United States after having been officially deported and removed on or about May 1, 2014.

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

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

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