Source: Office of United States Attorneys
Del Rio, Texas – A Guatemalan national was sentenced today to 3 years in prison for illegally re-entering the United States following deportation.
According to court documents, Heraldo Agustin Huesgen-De Leon, also known as Heraldo Agustin Hueskin-De Leon, 47, was arrested on May 16, 2024, after being encountered by United States Border Patrol agents near Eagle Pass, Texas. Defendant was previously removed from the United States on September 19, 2018. Defendant had previously been sentenced in 2011 to 20 years imprisonment for second degree rape.
U.S. Attorney Jaime Esparza of the Western District of Texas made the announcement.
The United States Border Patrol investigated the case.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Tyler Fleming and Matt Kass prosecuted the case.