U.S. Department
of Justice
Press Release
Mexican Man Sentenced For Illegal Re-Entry
For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that IGNACIO SORIANO-RUIZ (“SORIANO”), age 29, a Mexican national, was sentenced on August 15, 2024 after previously pleading guilty to illegal reentry of a removed alien, in violation of Title 8, United States Code, Section 1326(a).
According to court documents, SORIANO was encountered during a traffic stop on Interstate 10 in St. Tammany Parish on April 24, 2024 after being previously deported on January 14, 2018. SORIANO was sentenced by United States District Judge Nannette Jolivette Brown to time served, equaling nearly four months of imprisonment.
Database checks indicated that SORIANO re-entered the United States without permission, inspection, or parole by an immigration officer and without the express consent of the United States Attorney General or the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security for readmission to the United States and was encountered in the Eastern District of Louisiana by law enforcement.
U.S. Attorney Evans praised the work of the United States Customs and Border Protection in investigating this matter. Assistant United States Attorney Jon M. Maestri of the General Crimes Unit is in charge of the prosecution.
Contact
Shane M. Jones
Public Information Officer
United States Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Louisiana
United States Department of Justice
Updated August 19, 2024
Topic
Immigration
Component