Honduran admits illegal re-entry after deportation
By Rebecca S. GreenThe Journal Gazette
Feb 13, 2008

A Honduran native pleaded guilty in federal court to sneaking back into the U.S. in 2005, his most recent in a string of illegal re-entries.

Last week in the South Bend division of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, Elvin Aquino-Gallo admitted to the federal crime of illegal re-entry into the United States after having been deported, according to court documents.

He was first removed from the country in May 1999, but in April 2000, he was sentenced to 100 days in federal prison for re-entering the U.S. On Sept. 5, 2001, Aquino-Gallo was convicted of illegal re-entry and sentenced to a year in federal prison.

Again in April 2003, he was convicted of illegal re-entry and sentenced to 13 months in prison, according to court documents.

Agents with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration Enforcement believe Aquino-Gallo again sneaked back into the country at or near Nogales, Ariz., sometime in 2005.

He was found in the Kosciusko County Jail, where he was being held for a misdemeanor, according to court documents.

Aquino-Gallo faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine when he is sentenced, according to court documents.

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