Source: United States Attorneys General
Headline: Three Aliens Indicted on Illegal Reentry Charges
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 MIGUEL MORALES-MARTINEZ, age 44, of Mexico, ULFRANO PEREZ-ESTEBAN, age 36, of Mexico, and JOSE OMAR LLERENA-VIZARRETA, age 35, of Peru, with Illegal Reentry of a Deported Alien.
If convicted of Illegal Reentry of a Deported Alien, PEREZ-ESTEBAN, previously deported three times and found in Wake County, and LLERENA-VIZARRETA, previously deported and found in Cumberland County, would face maximum penalties of two years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, and a term of supervised release following any term of imprisonment.
MORALES-MARTINEZ, found in Pitt County, is alleged to have been previously deported subsequent to a felony conviction. Therefore, if convicted, he faces a maximum imprisonment term of 10 years, 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.
The cases are being investigated by ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations and Homeland Security Investigations.