ALBANY, NEW YORK - Alejandro Olvera-Servin, age 38, and a citizen of Mexico, pled guilty today to illegal re-entry into the United States.
The announcement was made by United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and Robert N. Garcia, Acting Chief Patrol Agent, United States Border Patrol, Swanton Sector.
Olvera-Servin admitted as part of his guilty plea that he is a citizen of Mexico, and that he was removed from the United States to Mexico on March 19, 2016 and again on April 27, 2018. On each occasion, Olvera-Servin had been arrested by immigration authorities in Texas after he entered the United States without inspection from Mexico.
On June 19, 2018, he was arrested by a Border Patrol Agent in Mooers, New York, after he illegally entered the United States from Canada by walking across the border approximately 10 miles to the west of the Champlain Port of Entry, thereby avoiding immigration and customs inspection. Olvera-Servin admitted that he returned to the United States without permission following the 2016 and 2018 removals. Olvera-Servin claimed to have been living in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, prior to his 2016 removal.
Olvera-Servin faces up to 2 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 when he is sentenced by Senior United States District Judge Lawrence E. Kahn on Jan. 17, 2019. A defendant’s sentence is imposed by a judge based on the particular statute the defendant is charged with violating, the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, and other factors.
This case was investigated by Border Patrol and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Edward P. Grogan.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
