Marco Antonio Aviles-Aviles, Illegal Reentry, Mississippi 2022

Marco Antonio Aviles-Aviles, a 35-year-old Mexican national, has been sentenced to 24 months in prison for illegally reentering the United States after being previously removed, announced U.S. Attorney Darren LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Kurt Thielhorn of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).

According to court documents, Aviles-Aviles was arrested by officers of the Scott County Sheriff’s Office after a traffic stop on Interstate 20 in June 2021. However, he could only produce a Mexican passport as a form of identification. Further investigation determined that Aviles-Aviles had been previously deported, on two prior occasions, after illegally crossing the border from Mexico into the United States.

After a citizen of a foreign country has been removed from the United States, it is unlawful for them to return to the United States without the permission of the United States Attorney General or the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. Aviles-Aviles pled guilty on February 17, 2022, to illegal reentry after removal.

The Scott County Sheriff’s Office, the ATF, and Homeland Security Investigations investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles W. Kirkham prosecuted the case.

This case is being prosecuted as part of the joint federal, state, and local Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) Program, the centerpiece of the Department of Justice’s violent crime reduction efforts. PSN is an evidence-based program proven to be effective at reducing violent crime. Through PSN, a broad spectrum of stakeholders work together to identify the most pressing violent crime problems in the community and develop comprehensive solutions to address them.

Aviles-Aviles will be serving his 24-month sentence for illegally reentering the United States after being previously removed. The Scott County Sheriff’s Office, the ATF, and Homeland Security Investigations worked together to investigate the case, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles W. Kirkham prosecuted the case. This case is part of the joint federal, state, and local Project Safe Neighborhoods Program, which focuses on reducing violent crime and working with locally based prevention and reentry programs.

For more information, please contact the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Mississippi.

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