U.S. District Judge Richard A. Lazzara has sentenced Elias Garcia-Cervantes, a 37-year-old Mexican national, to 24 months in federal prison for illegal reentry into the United States after deportation. Garcia-Cervantes entered a guilty plea on November 22, 2024.

Court documents reveal that Garcia-Cervantes was previously convicted of carrying a concealed firearm on July 28, 2015, and for illegal reentry into the United States after deportation on February 21, 2017. Following these convictions, he was deported to Mexico but subsequently reentered the United States illegally.

The investigation of this case was conducted by U.S. Customs and Border Protection and prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Ross Roberts.