Man in drug case facing immigration charges

Thursday, February 24, 2011 12:00 AM

By Shavonne Potts


A man authorities charged for involvement in a drug operation — said to be a major supplier of powder cocaine in western Rowan County— is facing federal immigration charges.

Bernardo Pineda Martinez, who also goes by Bernardo Pineda Montano, is in the United States illegally, according to an October indictment filed with the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina.

Martinez is an “alien who had been deported and removed from the United States on or about January 25, 2008, knowingly and unlawfully was found in the United States,â€