NEW BERN - John Stuart Bruce, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces that on May 17, 2017, in federal court, ISMAEL AZUA-RINCONADA, 27, of Mexico, was convicted following a three-day trial before United States District Judge Louise Wood Flanagan. The jury found the defendant guilty of Illegal Reentry of a Deported Alien.
At trial, the evidence showed that AZUA-RINCONADA, a citizen of Mexico, was found in Robeson County, North Carolina, after having previously been deported from the United States on June 21, 2011, at Hidalgo, Texas, and again on Sept. 17, 2011, at Calexico, California. The evidence further showed that AZUA-RINCONADA had been previously convicted of illegal entry and reentered without having obtained the express permission of the Attorney General or the Secretary of Homeland Security.
The investigation of this case was conducted by agents of Homeland Security Investigation and the Hoke County Sheriff’s Office.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
