RALEIGH – Robert J. Higdon, Jr., United States Attorney for
the Eastern District of North Carolina announces that a federal grand jury in
Raleigh has returned indictments charging JEOVANY AMILCAR RIBAS-NAVARETE, age
40, of El Salvador, and LEONEL AGUIRRE-GIRON, age 36, of Mexico, with Illegal
Reentry of a Deported Alien.
If convicted of illegal reentry, RIBAS-NAVARETE, previously
deported and found in Wake County, would face maximum penalties of two years’
imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, and a term of supervised release following any
term of imprisonment.
AGUIRRE-GIRON, previously deported twice and found in
Sampson County, is alleged to have been previously deported subsequent to a felony
conviction for illegal reentry of a deported alien in the Southern District of
Texas. Therefore, if convicted, he would
face maximum penalties of ten years imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, and a term
of supervised release following any term of imprisonment.
The charges and allegations contained in the indictments are
merely accusations. The defendants are
presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.
ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations and Homeland
Security Investigations are investigating the cases.
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