RALEIGH - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces that a federal grand jury in Raleigh has returned indictments charging JESUS FERNANDO BERRUN-ZARAGOZA, age 20, of Mexico, and EMITERIO MENDOZA-JAIMES, age 23, of Mexico with illegal reentry of a deported alien.
Additionally, a federal grand jury in Raleigh has returned an indictment charging ANIBAL HERNANDEZ-SANCHEZ, age 30, of Guatemala, with false representation of a social security account number, false claim of citizenship with intent to engage unlawfully in employment in the United States, aggravated identity theft, and illegal reentry of an alien subsequent to a felony conviction.
If convicted of illegal reentry of a deported alien, JESUS FERNANDO BERRUN-ZARAGOZA, previously deported and found in Wake County, and EMITERIO MENDOZA-JAIMES previously deported and found in New Hanover County would face maximum penalties of two years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, and a term of supervised release following any term of imprisonment.
If convicted of false representation of a social security account number, false claim of citizenship, aggravated identity theft, and illegal reentry, ANIBAL HERNANDEZ-SANCHEZ, previously deported and found in Wayne County, would face maximum penalties of twenty-two years’ imprisonment, a $1,000,000 fine, and a term of supervised release following any term of imprisonment.
The charges and allegations contained in the indictments are merely accusations. The defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.
The cases are being investigated by ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations and Homeland Security Investigations.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
