Mario Mireles-Flores, Illegal Entry After Deportation, Minnesota 2012

A 23-year-old Mexican national is facing serious charges after being accused of entering the United States illegally after being deported as a criminal. Mario Mireles-Flores, 23, was charged in federal court in St. Paul, Minnesota, with illegal entry after deportation.

According to court documents, Mireles-Flores was previously deported in 2012 after being convicted of escape from custody in McLeod County in 2010. He was later identified as an illegal alien with a criminal record while serving a sentence in the Sibley County Jail for providing false information to police.

The identification was made through the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Criminal Alien Program, which aims to locate criminal aliens incarcerated in federal and state prisons, as well as in local jails, and prevent them from being released into society by having them federally prosecuted for illegally re-entering the U.S.

As a result of an investigation by ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations, Mireles-Flores now faces a potential maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison, followed by deportation, if convicted of the federal charge levied against him. All sentences will be determined by a federal district court judge.

Mireles-Flores will remain in custody until his current federal case is resolved. To learn more about the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Criminal Alien Program, visit www.ice.gov/criminal-alien-program.

An indictment is a determination by a grand jury that there is probable cause to believe that offenses have been committed by a defendant. A defendant, of course, is presumed innocent until he or she pleads guilty or is proven guilty at trial.

Mandatory facts: Defendant’s full name: Mario Mireles-Flores, Exact criminal charges: Illegal entry after deportation, City and state: St. Paul, Minnesota, Exact date: December 5, 2012, Sentence or outcome: faces 20 years in federal prison and deportation if convicted.

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