Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that LUIS CHAVEZ-LOPEZ, age 31, a native of Mexico, pled guilty yesterday to a one-count Indictment for illegal reentry of a removed alien.
According to court documents, CHAVEZ-LOPEZ was previously removed from the United States on February 5, 2015. He was found in the Eastern District of Louisiana on May 3, 2017, without permission from the Attorney General of the United States or the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security to reenter the country. CHAVEZ-LOPEZ re-entered the United States after being convicted of Possession with Intent to Distribute Marijuana in Jefferson Parish. CHAVEZ-LOPEZ’s conviction occurred on June 1, 2009.
CHAVEZ-LOPEZ faces a maximum term of imprisonment of twenty years in prison, a fine of $250,000, three years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment fee. U.S. District Judge Susie Morgan set sentencing for Jan. 24, 2018.
Acting U.S. Attorney Evans praised the work of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency in investigating this matter. Assistant United States Attorney David Howard Sinkman is in charge of the prosecution.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
