Illegal Alien Sentenced to 15 Months in Federal Prison

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Illegal Alien Sentenced to 15 Months in Federal Prison

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys on Dec. 20, 2017. It is reproduced in full below.

Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Olvin Humberto Matute-Lopez, a/k/a “Humberto Lopez-Barralaga," a/k/a “Fernando Dolero-Juarez," a/k/a “Juan Carlos Matute," a/k/a “Juan Lopez," a/k/a “Humberto Lopez," age 36, of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, was sentenced in federal court in Florence, South Carolina, for Illegal Re-entry into the United States after Deportation. United States District Judge Bryan Harwell, of Florence, sentenced Matute-Lopez to 15 months in federal prison with 1 year of supervised release to follow.

Evidence presented at the guilty plea hearing established that on May 13, 2017, Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Enforcement and Removal Operations (ICE-ERO) Officers in Charleston, SC, discovered that Olvin Humberto Matute-Lopez, a native and citizen of Honduras, had been arrested by the Horry County Police Department for Driving Under the Influence and other traffic violations. In 2008, Matute-Lopez was deported from the United States back to Honduras. A records check revealed that Matute-Lopez had not received permission to enter, re-enter, or remain in the United States.

The case was investigated by agents of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Enforcement and Removal Operations (ICE-ERO) and the Horry County Police Department. Assistant United States Attorney Lauren Hummel of the Florence office prosecuted the case. ##

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

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