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December 17, 2015Harrisburg, PA, United StatesEnforcement and Removal

4 men charged with illegally reentering US after deportation

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Four Mexican nationals were charged in federal court Wednesday with illegal re-entry into the United States after being deported. The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) conducted the investigation that led to the charges.

Luis Martinez-Gomez, 29, Alexis Alvarado-Diaz, 20, Santos Aguilar-De Leon, 30, and Manuel Valadez-Mirales, 46, all natives and citizens of Mexico, were indicted separately by a federal grand jury in Harrisburg on illegal re-entry charges.

According to U.S. Attorney Peter Smith, Martinez-Gomez is charged with illegal re-entry into the United States by a previously deported alien. Martinez-Gomez was previously convicted of the same felony offense in New York – illegal re-entry by a deported alien – and removed from the United States in 2014. That conviction and removal followed another removal in 2008.

Alvarado-Diaz is charged with illegal re-entry into the United States by a previously deported alien. He was previously convicted of the same felony offense in New Mexico – illegal re-entry by a deported alien – and removed from the United States in 2014.

Both cases are being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney James T. Clancy.

Valadez-Mirales is charged with illegal re-entry into the United States by a previously deported alien. He was previously removed from the United States in 2003.

Aguilar-De Leon is charged with illegal re-entry into the United States by a previously deported alien. He was deported on three previous occasions. Aguilar-De Leon was deported from Harrisburg in 2010, from Tucson Arizona in 2010, and again from Harrisburg in 2014. He was also previously convicted of improperly entering the United States in 2010 and again for re-entering the United States after having been previously deported in 2014.

Both cases are being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Scott R. Ford.

Indictments and criminal information are only allegations. All persons charged are presumed to be innocent unless and until found guilty in court.

In fiscal 2014, ERO removed 315,943 individuals from the United States. In addition to convicted criminals, the agency’s enforcement priorities include those apprehended while attempting to unlawfully enter the United States, illegal re-entrants — individuals who returned to the United States after being previously removed by ICE — and immigration fugitives. In fiscal 2014, 98 percent of ICE removals met these priorities.

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