Guatemalan Man Sentenced For Illegal Reentry After Deportation

Guatemalan Man Sentenced For Illegal Reentry After Deportation

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys on Sept. 1, 2016. It is reproduced in full below.

CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE - United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice announced today that Christopher Orozco-Amores, of Guatemala, was sentenced today after pleading guilty to illegally reentering the United States after having been previously deported.

Orozco-Amores was identified during a traffic stop in Greenland, New Hampshire on June 14, 2016. A Deportation Officer later determined that he was a citizen of Guatemala who previously had been deported from the United States. Orozco-Amores, who was arrested on July 7, 2016, and has been in custody since that time, was sentenced to time served. He faces likely deportation.

The case was investigated by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Alfred Rubega.

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

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