2 Mexican Men Sentenced for Trying to Re-Enter US

Updated: Friday, 07 Oct 2011, 6:15 PM MST
Published : Friday, 07 Oct 2011, 6:15 PM MST

TUCSON, Ariz. - Two Mexican men arrested by Border Patrol agents in southern Arizona for attempting to illegally re-enter the United States have been sentenced to prison.

Federal prosecutors say 27-year-old Oscar Mendez-Cisneros, from Puebla, Puebla, was sentenced to 36 months in prison for re-entry of an aggravated felon while 41-year-old Jesus Guardado-Rizo, from La Piedad, Michoacan, got a 40-month term.

Mendez-Cisneros was apprehended on Sept. 28. A fingerprint identification system showed he was convicted in 2002 for assault, sentenced to 10 years in prison and deported after serving his term.

Guardado-Rizo was arrested on Oct. 11, 2010. The fingerprint ID system showed he was convicted in Yolo County, Calif., in 1990 for assault with intent to commit rape and sentenced to two years in prison. He was deported after serving his sentence.

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