Federico Montalvo Salas, Reentry of a Removed Alien, West Virginia 2025

A Mexican national living illegally in Charleston, West Virginia, has been sentenced for reentry of a removed alien.

Federico Montalvo Salas, 22, was sentenced on October 23, 2025 to time served for reentry of a removed alien.

According to court documents and statements made in court, on March 28, 2025, Salas was arrested by law enforcement in the South Charleston area.

ICE agents confirmed that Salas was a citizen of Mexico in the United States illegally and that he had previously been deported from the United States.

Salas had no identification documents permitting him legal status in the United States.

Salas was removed from the United States to Mexico on June 28, 2024, after being found that day near Douglas, Arizona.

Salas never obtained the express consent of the Secretary of U.S. Homeland Security to reapply for admission to the United States for either of the prior removals, nor did he seek to reenter the United States through other legal means.

ICE agents encountered two brothers of Salas living illegally in Charleston. Maximino Montalvo Salas, 20, was deported after pleading guilty on July 24, 2025 to the felony offense of knowingly possessing a fraudulent Permanent Resident Card.

Bernabe Montalvo Salas, 24, pleaded guilty on Wednesday, September 10, 2025 to reentry of a removed alien, was sentenced to time served, and transferred to ICE administrative custody for removal proceedings.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdwv/pr/mexican-national-living-illegally-charleston-sentenced-immigration-crime