ActingU.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that CARLOS AGATON-VAZQUEZ, age 25, a native of Mexico, pled guilty today to a one-count Indictment for illegal entry of a removed alien, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1326(a).
According to court documents, AGATON-VAZQUEZ was previously removed from the United States on April 4, 2017. He was later found in the Eastern District of Louisiana on January 3, 2017, and had not received permission from the Attorney General of the United States or the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security to reenter.
AGATON-VAZQUEZ faces a maximum term of imprisonment of two years, as well as a fine of $250,000. U.S. District Judge Eldon E. Fallon set sentencing for July 6, 2017.
Acting U.S. Attorney Evans praised the work of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency in investigating this matter. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jon Maestri is in charge of the prosecution.