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Date: 06-21-2018
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United States of America v. Fausto Rivera-Rivera
District of Maine Federal Courthouse - Bangor, Maine
Case Number: 1:18-cr-00075-NT
Judge: NT
Court: United States District Court for the District of Maine (Cumberland County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: Chris Ruge
Defendant's Attorney: Harris Mattson
Description: Bangor, ME - Mexican Man Pleads Guilty to Illegally Entering the U.S. After Removal
Fausto Rivera-Rivera, 37, a citizen of Mexico, pled guilty today in U.S. District Court to illegally entering the United States after being removed or deported.
According to court records, Rivera-Rivera unlawfully entered the United States, was ordered removed to Mexico in 2013, and left. He did not apply for permission to reenter the United States. On April 27, 2018, he was arrested in Clinton, Maine, after a Clinton Police officer stopped a vehicle in which he was a passenger. He admitted to U.S. Border Patrol that he reentered the United States in Arizona in 2015 without being inspected and without legal authority.
Rivera-Rivera faces up to two years in prison and a $250,000 fine. He will be sentenced after the completion of a presentence investigation report by the U.S. Probation Office. Upon completion of any sentenced imposed, he faces deportation to Mexico.
The investigation was conducted by the U.S. Border Patrol and the Clinton Police Department.
Outcome: Guilty
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