Source: Office of United States Attorneys
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – ActingU.S. Attorney Michael M. Simpson announced that JESUS MALDONADO-LOPEZ (“MALDONADO-LOPEZ”), age 38, a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced on April 15, 2025, for reentry of a removed alien, in violation of Title 8, United States Code, Section 1326(b)(1).
According to court documents, MALDONADO-LOPEZ, an illegal alien with a prior felony conviction for transporting illegal aliens within the United States, was found in the New Orleans area on or around July 29, 2024. MALDONADO-LOPEZ had previously been deported to Mexico on May 29, 2008.
MALDONADO-LOPEZ was sentenced to one year of probation by United States District Judge Jay C. Zainey.
Acting U.S. Attorney Simpson praised the work of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement – Enforcement and Removal Operations, in investigating this matter. Assistant United States Attorney Spiro G. Latsis of the General Crimes Unit oversees the prosecution.
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