CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Juan Mendez-Patishtan, a Mexican national, was sentenced today to 15 months incarceration for a reentry of a removed alien charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
Mendez-Patishtan, age 35, pled guilty to one count of “Reentry of a Removed Alien" in June 2018. Mendez-Patishtan admitted to reentering the United States illegally after being removed six separate times from 2010 to 2016. Mendez-Patishtan was found in Harrison County in April 2018.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Traci M. Cook prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement investigated.
Senior U.S. District Judge Irene M. Keeley presided.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
