ALEXANDRIA, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced today that a Mexican citizen was sentenced to 46 months in prison for reentering the United States illegally.
Jose Luis Gamez-Verdugo, 49, of Mexico, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Dee D. Drell on one count of illegal reentry of a removed alien. According to the August 8, 2017 guilty plea, Gamez-Verdugo was found on April 9, 2017 in Vermilion Parish. After further investigation, it was determined that he had been removed from the United States on five previous occasions. The most recent removal was on June 16, 2011 in Brownsville, Texas.
United States Immigrations and Customs Enforcement and the Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office conducted the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney T. Forrest Phillips prosecuted the case.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
