Border Patrol: Felon sent to prison after re-entry

Posted: Nov 18, 2011 12:08 PM PST Updated: Nov 18, 2011 12:10 PM PST
By Breann Bierman

TUCSON, AZ
A 30-year-old Guatemalan man has been sentenced to two years in prison for trying to illegally re-enter the U.S. on May 12, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Allan Yair Najera-Valenti was convicted a pair of times in Phoenix. The first was in 1998 for unlawful possession of a firearm which landed him a 15-month prison sentence. Then in 2009, he was arrested for misconduct involving a weapon and sentenced 18 months.

CBP said Najera-Valenti will be removed from the U.S. after his incarceration.

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