SHREVEPORT, La. - Jose Angel Lopez Valdivierzo, 36, a citizen of Honduras who was living in Bossier City, Louisiana, has been sentenced for illegal re-entry by a removed alien, Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced. United States District Judge Donald E. Walter sentenced Valdivierzo to 15 months in prison.
Valdivierzo was stopped by Bossier City Police officers for a traffic violation on Oct. 26, 2020 and found him to be in possession of a controlled substance. Valdivierzo has been removed from the United States on ten prior occasions, specifically on the following dates: June 11, 2008; Aug. 15, 2008; Oct. 31, 2008; Jan. 29, 2009; March 18, 2011; Oct. 20, 2011; Jan. 13, 2014; April 25, 2014; Feb. 20, 2015; and March 22, 2017.
His prior federal convictions are for improper entry by an alien (2011) and illegal re-entry by a removed alien (2013 and 2016). Valdivierzo also has prior misdemeanor convictions in Texas for theft (2013) and assault causing bodily injury to a family member (2015).
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Bossier City Police Department conducted the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jessica D. Cassidy prosecuted the case.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
