Posted: Wed 7:36 PM, Feb 08, 2017 | Updated: Wed 7:43 PM, Feb 08, 2017

RALEIGH, N.C. (WITN) The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, John Stuart Bruce, says a federal grand jury in Raleigh has returned indictments against eight people with being in the country illegally, and other charges.

Charged in the indictment are 42-year-old Oscar Armando Arias of Honduras, 27-year-old Juan Antonio Hernandez-Ramirez of Mexico, 35-year-old Bernardino Patlan-Gonzalez of Mexico, 31-year-old Osman Samir Alvarez-Guity of Honduras, 36-year-old Jesus Felix-Reyes of Mexico, 33-year-old Jesus Antonio Millan-Rascon of Mexico, and 52-year-old Juan Gallardo-Mejia of Mexico, with illegal reentry of a deported alien.

Also, the same federal grand jury returned an indictment charging 34-year-old Alvaro Vera-Delgadillo of Mexico, with possession of a firearm by an alien illegally or unlawfully in the United States.

If convicted of illegal reentry of a deported alien, Hernandez-Ramirez, previously deported on two occasions, and Patlan-Gonzalez, previously deported on four occasions, would face maximum penalties of two years' imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, and a term of supervised release following any term of imprisonment.

Alvarez-Guity, Felix-Reyes, and Millan-Rascon are alleged to have been previously deported on three, six, and seven occasions, respectively, and having been previously convicted of a felony of a prior illegal reentry after deportation.

Also, Arias is alleged to have been previously deported after having been convicted of a felony of trafficking in cocaine. If convicted, those three face a maximum imprisonment term of ten years.

Gallardo-Mejia is alleged to have been previously deported twice after having been convicted of an aggravated felony of possession of marijuana for sale. If convicted, he faces a maximum imprisonment term of twenty years.

If convicted of possession of a firearm by an alien illegally in the United States, Vera-Delgadillo would face maximum penalties of ten years' imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, and a term of supervised release following any term of imprisonment.

The cases are being investigated by the Department of Homeland Security, specifically, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Enforcement and Removal Operations, and Homeland Security Investigations.

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