By Wendy Holdren Register-Herald Reporter 4 hrs ago

Two Honduran men pleaded guilty Wednesday in Beckley federal court to illegally re-entering the U.S.

Jeyson Francisco Sanchez-Castillo, 19, and Olvin Alexis Ramos-Diaz, 21, both face up to two years of incarceration, a $250,000 fine, supervised release for one year, and a special assessment of $100.

Both Sanchez-Castillo and Ramos-Diaz were arrested Feb. 28 by ICE agents, who were conducting targeted law enforcement operations in the Beckley area. Agents observed the defendants leaving a home on their way to work to at a restaurant in Beckley.

After stopping the cars and confirming their identity, both men admitted they were not in the U.S. legally and were placed under arrest. ICE agents submitted Sanchez-Castillo’s and Ramos-Diaz’s fingerprints, forensically matching both of them to prior removals from the U.S. in 2017.

They both also forensically matched Texas misdemeanor convictions of Illegal Entry into the U.S. After being deported, Sanchez-Castillo and Ramos-Diaz both illegally re-entered the U.S. without lawful permission from the Secretary of Homeland Security.

They will be sentenced Aug. 15 by U.S. District Judge Irene C. Berger. Both men will face removal proceedings at the conclusion of any sentence of incarceration.

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