Juan Alberto Sanchez-Romero, Illegal Re-entry, Louisiana 2019

New Orleans Man Pleads Guilty to Illegal Re-entry

A 28-year-old man pleaded guilty to re-entering the United States after being deported.

Juan Alberto Sanchez-Romero, 28, pleaded guilty on October 29, 2019, to a one-count Indictment for illegal reentry of a removed alien in violation of Title 8, United States Code, Section 1326(a) & (b)(2).

According to the Indictment, Sanchez-Romero re-entered the United States after he was previously deported on April 21, 2016.

Sanchez-Romero faces a maximum term of imprisonment of twenty years, a maximum fine of $250,000, a maximum term of supervised release of three years, and a mandatory $100 special assessment.

U.S. District Court Judge Greg G. Guidry set sentencing for January 28, 2020.

U.S. Attorney Peter Strasser praised the work of the United States Department of Homeland Security in investigating this matter.

Assistant U. S. Attorney Spiro G. Latsis is in charge of the prosecution.

The crime was committed in the Eastern District of Louisiana.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edla/pr/mexican-national-pleads-guilty-illegal-re-entry-3