U.S. District Judge Richard A. Lazzara has sentenced Elias Garcia-Cervantes, a 37-year-old Mexican national, to 24 months in federal prison for illegal reentry into the United States after deportation. Garcia-Cervantes had entered a guilty plea on November 22, 2024.
Court documents reveal that Garcia-Cervantes was previously convicted of carrying a concealed firearm on July 28, 2015, and illegal reentry into the United States after deportation on February 21, 2017. Following these convictions, he was deported from the United States to Mexico. However, he illegally reentered the country thereafter.
The case was investigated by U.S. Customs and Border Protection and prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Ross Roberts.