A former Mexican mayor has been sentenced to 15 months in prison for using a fraudulently obtained United States passport to try and enter the country.
Rogelio Aboyte Limon, 47, of Bacum, Mexico, was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Judge Raner C. Collins on April 8, 2019, after previously pleading guilty to false statement in application and use of a passport.
Aboyte Limon’s troubles began on December 27, 2018, when he was arrested using a fraudulently obtained United States passport in an attempt to enter the United States through the DeConcini Port of Entry in Nogales, Arizona.
The passport, which Aboyte Limon originally obtained in 2005 and renewed in 2015, contained false statements, including the use of another person’s identity, claiming United States citizenship, omitting other names he had previously used, and failing to disclose his conviction for a federal felony drug offense.
Aboyte Limon, a citizen of Mexico and the former mayor of Bacum, Mexico, has been a resident of the United States and has used the passport on multiple occasions.
The investigation in this case was conducted by the Department of State-Diplomatic Security Service, the Department of Homeland Security-Customs and Border Protection, and the Department of Homeland Security-U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
The prosecution was handled by Heather Siegele, Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of Arizona, Tucson.
Aboyte Limon will serve 15 months of imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release.
The case number is CR-19-00193-RCC-EJM, and the release number is 2019-047_Aboyte Limon.
Key Facts
- State: Arizona
- Category: Public Corruption
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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