LAFAYETTE, La. – United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a man from Mexico was sentenced to 18 months in prison on charges that he reentered the United States illegally at least three times.
Felipe Escobar-Martinez, 41, of Veracruz, Mexico, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Dee D. Drell on one count of illegal reentry of a removed alien. According to the December 22, 2015 guilty plea, the defendant was arrested in New Iberia, La. Escobar-Martinez admits he is a national of Mexico and was removed from the United States in 1999, 2000 and 2005. The defendant also admits that in June 2000, he was convicted of a crime qualifying as an aggravated felony in Maricopa County, Ariz.
United States Immigrations and Customs Enforcement conducted the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Dominic Rossetti prosecuted the case.