Posted: Monday, January 20, 2014 1:59 pm
by Matt Elofson
dothaneagle.com

The federal government recently indicted two men on felony charges for allegedly entering the country after already having been deported as an illegal alien.

Federal court records show a grand jury recently returned indictments against two men for illegally being in the country. Two other men face similar indictments returned last month, including one defendant who has already asked for a hearing to plead guilty to his charge.

Records show a federal grand jury returned an indictment last week against Jose Leobardo Chavez-Cruz, charging him with being an alien already deported from the U.S. on April 4, 2010 at a Texas port of entry. He was found to be in the U.S. without permission from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Dec. 23, 2013, in Houston County.

Records also show a federal grand jury indicted Pedro Dominguez-Rocha last week on a similar charge alleging he had already been deported from the country on July 28, 2004, from Hidalgo, Texas, and was found to be in the country without permission on Dec. 23, 2013, in Dale County. Records show authorities in Dale County had originally arrested Dominguez-Rocha on Dec. 22, 2013, on a driving under the influence charge, along with a misdemeanor marijuana charge. During his arrest it was discovered he’d already been arrested by immigration officers two other times in 2004 and 2008, and had criminal arrests in Florida, Georgia and Louisiana.

According to federal records, Dominguez-Rocha is a citizen of Mexico.

Records also show Julio Ical-Contreras and Rodrigo Estivallo-Avendano face similar charges after both were indicted last month.

A hearing has been scheduled for Wednesday for Ical-Contreras to plead guilty.

Records show Dothan police officers initially booked Ical-Contreras into the city jail on a driving under the influence charge in November 2013. Records show Ical-Contreras had already been departed from the U.S. to Guatemala in 2007.

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