A Honduran national has been brought before the court after being charged with the crime of illegal reentry into the United States, an act made more grave by a history of prior offenses. Alvaro Luis Alcerro-Banegas, aged 38, entered a guilty plea last Tuesday, to the charges, according to an announcement by U.S. Attorney Duane Evans on the day prior to this writing. The plea admits to violations set forth by Title 8, United States Code, Section 1326(a) and Section 1326(b)(1).
This is not the first time Mr. Alcerro-Banegas has been to wrongly slip back into the country after being deported; his last deportation took place on September 2, 2022. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents took interest in his case following his March 2 arrest by the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office. Previously, on January 18, 2017, he had been sentenced to 18 months in a federal prison for a similar transgression of illegal re-entry after deportation—an event that occurred in the Southern District of Florida's United States District Court as per the documents held by the court.
For his current transgression, Alcerro-Banegas faces a statutory maximum penalty which includes up to two years of imprisonment and might be fined up to $250,000. Moreover, there exists the potential of one year under supervised release and the certainty of a mandatory $100 special assessment fee, as outlined by the U.S. Attorney's Office. His record, however, stamped by a prior felony, does increase the potential prison sentence up to 10 years.
U.S. Attorney Evans acknowledged the efforts of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office in advancing the investigation. The prosecution is being led by Assistant U.S. Attorney Carter K.D. Guice, Jr. of the General Crimes Unit.
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