A Honduran man, Elvin Licona Cerrato, aged 36, has been sentenced after pleading guilty to illegal re-entry into the United States. According to a press release by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Licona was sentenced to time served and ordered to pay a $100 mandatory special assessment fee last Thursday, following a ruling by U.S. District Judge Nanette Jolivette-Brown.
Removed initially from the United States on November 14, 2016, Licona managed to find himself once again in Louisiana, more specifically in the Eastern District, where he was apprehended on April 6. Still not having secured the necessary permission to re-enter the country from either the Attorney General or the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, he was taken into custody to face legal consequences for his actions.
Following his sentencing, Licona was immediately turned over to the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement due to a pending detainer. This swift transfer marks the conclusion of his case, with the acknowledgment from Acting U.S. Attorney Michael M. Simpson of the cooperative efforts between U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Enforcement and Removal Operations, and the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office in the investigation leading up to Licona’s prosecution.
The assistant United States Attorney Jon Maestri, of the General Crimes Unit, was in charge of the prosecution as provided by a statement acquired by the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
