Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Carmen Flores-Bautista, age 39, of Mexico, has entered a guilty plea in federal court in Columbia, to Illegal Re-Entry, a violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a). United States District Judge J. Michelle Childs, of Columbia, accepted the guilty plea and will impose sentence after she has reviewed the presentence report, which will be prepared by the U.S. Probation Office.
Evidence presented at the change of plea hearing established that Flores-Bautista was encountered by ICE-Homeland Security Investigations agents on Jan. 10, 2017, at the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center in Columbia after she was arrested for Homicide by Child Abuse. An investigation revealed that Flores-Bautista is a citizen of Mexico who had been deported two times pursuant to an order of removal. U.S. Attorney Drake stated the maximum penalty for Illegal Re-Entry is imprisonment for 2 years and/or a fine of $250,000.
The case was investigated by agents of the ICE-Homeland Security Investigations. Assistant United States Attorney William E. Day, II of the Columbia office is prosecuting the case. ##
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
