Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Eliud Lopez-Baez, 32, a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr., to time served (about two months) in prison for illegally entering and being found in the United States after having been removed. The defendant pleaded guilty to the crime on Dec. 11, 2017.
Court documents reveal that on Nov. 28, 2017, at about 7:50 a.m., U.S. Border Patrol agents found the defendant in a swamp in Hodgdon, Maine, a short distance from the international boundary. The defendant had no immigration documents and admitted that he was a citizen of Mexico. Immigration records showed that he had been removed from the United States in February 2017.
The case was investigated by the U.S. Border Patrol.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
