ALBANY, NEW YORK - Felipe Martinez-Rios, age 27, and a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced today to time served (3 months in jail) for illegally re-entering the United States.
The announcement was made by Acting United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and Thomas E. Feeley, Director of the Buffalo Field Office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO).
As part of his guilty plea, Martinez-Rios admitted that he is a citizen of Mexico, and that he illegally returned to the United States after he was removed to Mexico on April 13, 2010.
On Aug. 2, 2017, ICE Officers arrested Martinez-Rios in Amsterdam, New York.
Following the sentencing, Martinez-Rios was remanded to the custody of the Department of Homeland Security, for removal proceedings.
This case was investigated by ICE-ERO and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Edward P. Grogan.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
