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U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Mississippi
Jackson, Miss. – A Guatemalan national was sentenced to 5 years in prison for illegally re-entering the United States after being convicted and deported for a felony.
According to court documents, Marcos Perez-Hernandez, 25, was found illegally present in Rankin County, Mississippi on May 23, 2024, after having been previously convicted of a felony and deported from the United States in 2018. Perez-Hernandez was stopped by a Rankin County Sheriff’s officer for careless driving, driving under the influence and no driver’s license.
Perez-Hernandez pled guilty on September 5, 2024, to illegal reentry after being deported following a state felony conviction for kidnapping in Tennessee.
U.S. Attorney Todd W. Gee of the Southern District of Mississippi and Field Office Director Mellisa B. Harper of Immigration and Customs (ICE), Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) New Orleans, made the announcement.
The case was investigated by ICE ERO.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Amber Jones prosecuted the case.
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