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United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that four men convicted separately of illegally reentering the United States after prior deportations were sentenced this week.
Kevin Emmanuel Rodriguez-Martinez, 32, a Honduran national, was sentenced Friday by United States District Judge Catherine Henry to time served, just over two months, for illegal reentry. Having completed his prison sentence, he will be removed from the United States again.
Rodriguez-Martinez had been previously removed from the United States in September 2011 and November 2012, following encounters with the U.S. Border Patrol in Texas.
Homeland Security Investigations became aware in May of this year that Rodriguez-Martinez had unlawfully returned to the U.S. In June, Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers located the defendant in Allentown and took him into custody. He was charged by information with illegal reentry the same month and pleaded guilty this week, waiving prosecution by indictment.
Osman Guevara-Guevara, 35, a Honduran national, was sentenced Thursday by United States District Judge Joseph F. Leeson Jr. to time served, about 2½ months, for illegally reentering the United States. Having completed his prison sentence, he will be removed from the United States again.
In February 2012, Guevara-Guevara was arrested by ICE near Seattle and was removed to Honduras in April of that year. Following his removal, the defendant illegally re-entered the United States on an unknown date, was arrested in southern Texas by the U.S. Border Patrol in March 2013, and was removed from the country that April.
Earlier this year, ICE became aware that Guevara-Guevara had been arrested by the Phoenixville Police Department — after having entered the country without authorization a third time — and took him into custody in June. In July, he was charged by indictment with illegal reentry and pleaded guilty this week.
Jorge Miles, 30, a Mexican national, was sentenced by United States District Judge Mary Kay Costello on Tuesday to eight months in prison for illegally reentering the United States. Upon the completion of his sentence, he will again be removed from the country.
Miles had previously been removed from the U.S. in March 2014, after he was arrested by the East Norriton Township Police Department and pleaded guilty to robbery. He reentered the country illegally on an unknown date.
In February of this year, ICE became aware that Miles had been arrested by the West Whiteland Township Police Department and took him into custody. In April, he was charged by indictment with illegal reentry and pleaded guilty in May.
Yobani Bonilla-Bonilla, aka Gilberto Perez Alvarado, 40, a Honduran national, was sentenced by Judge Henry on Monday to time served, almost two months, for illegally reentering the United States. Having completed his prison sentence, he will again be removed from the country.
Bonilla-Bonilla had previously been removed from the U.S. in June 2015, after the U.S. Border Patrol in Texas encountered him. He reentered the country illegally on an unknown date.
In May of this year, ICE received information that the defendant was residing in Easton and that there was an active arrest warrant for him in Honduras.
ICE located Bonilla-Bonilla and took him into custody in June, with the assistance of Homeland Security Investigations and the Drug Enforcement Administration. He was charged by indictment with illegal reentry in July and pleaded guilty this week.
These cases are part of Operation Take Back America, a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. Operation Take Back America streamlines efforts and resources from the Department’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETFs) and Project Safe Neighborhoods.
