A federal grand jury in Birmingham recently charged 15 individuals with immigration crimes, announced U.S. Attorney Prim Escalona on Friday.
The following defendants were indicted recently for illegally reentering the United States after having previously been deported:
- Salvador Rodriguez-Villa, of Mexico;
- Noel Paz-Diaz, 34, of Guatemala;
- Christian Mendoza-Salas, 29, of Mexico;
- Isidro Gutierrez Gabriel, 35, of Guatemala;
- Mateo Pascual-Francisco, 40, of Guatemala;
- Tomas Naz-Gonzalez, 27, of Guatemala;
- Marco Julio Agustin-Miranda, 27, of Guatemala;
- Rafael Juan-Francisco, 35, of Guatemala;
- Jose Rigoberto Acosta-Calles, 36, of El Salvador;
- Elmer Geovany Sarmiento-Sifrian, 32, of Honduras.
The following defendants were charged with being an alien in possession of a firearm:
- Elmer David Hernandez-Garcia, 39, of Honduras;
- Christian Ivan Sanchez, 36, of Mexico;
- Jhoan Jesus Rodriguez-Perez, 21, of Mexico;
- Orli Umberto Marquez-Cordon, 24, of Mexico.
Maria Monserrat de Jesus Bautista-Hernandez, 41, of Mexico, has been charged with illegal re-entry after a prior removal and for being an alien in possession of a firearm.
The cases are part of Operation Take Back America, a nationwide initiative that “marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations, and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime.”
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