CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Mexican national man was sentenced to twelve months and one day of incarceration for the felony offense of reentry of a removed alien, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Jose Guadelaupe Camarena-Jacinto, 38, entered a guilty plea on September 4, 2019. At the conclusion of his federal incarceration, he faces possible removal from the United States through administrative proceedings. Stuart commended the investigative efforts of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Ripley Police Department.
“Camarena-Jacinto has four prior removals," said United States Attorney Mike Stuart. “He will now serve a year in prison before being deported for a fifth time. No one likes a line skipper -- not at Disney World and not at the border."
On June 17, 2019, ICE agents traveled to the South Central Regional Jail in Charleston to confirm Camarena-Jacinto’s legal status after he had been arrested by Ripley police officers for the state offense of obstruction. Camarena-Jacinto admitted to agents that he was in the United States illegally. He was arrested and ICE agents matched his fingerprints to previous removals from the United States. ICE agents further spoke to defendant to confirm his identity. Camarena-Jacinto again admitted being in the United States illegally. Camarena-Jacinto had no identification documents permitting him legal status in the United States.
Fingerprinting matched Camarena-Jacinto to four prior removals from the United States in 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2012. His previous removals also included a prior conviction of illegal reentry into the United States from Federal Court in Jefferson City, Missouri. In all four cases, Camarena-Jacinto was found by immigration judges to be in the United States illegally and he was deported to Mexico. He had not obtained permission to legally enter the United States and had not sought legal status or citizenship. Camarena-Jacinto further admitted to ICE agents that he was a Mexican citizen.
Senior United States District Judge John T. Copenhaver Jr. presided over the hearing. Assistant United States Attorney Erik S. Goes handled the prosecution.
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Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
