by Associated Press (January 20th, 2012 @ 4:47pm)

TUCSON, Ariz. -- A convicted felon arrested in southern Arizona for trying to re-enter the country illegally has been sentenced to more than three years in prison.

Federal prosecutors announced Friday that 20-year-old Israel Toyayo-Morales received a 37-month term.
Morales is from Iguala, Guerrero, Mexico. He was apprehended by U.S. Border Patrol agents in Tucson last May.

During processing at the Tucson Station, a fingerprint database showed Toyayo-Morales was convicted in 2010 in Illinois for attempted first-degree murder and aggravated battery causing great bodily harm. He was sentenced to two years in prison on each count. Record checks also revealed he was removed from the U.S. through Hidalgo, Texas.

Prosecutors say Toyayo-Morales will be deported following his incarceration and now is banned for life from all legalization processes.

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