Mexico Resident Sentenced for Immigration Violations
Posted/updated on: April 23, 2013 at 12:47 pm
MARSHALL – A 36-year-old Durango, Mexico, man has been sentenced to federal prison for immigration violations. Juan Gallardo-Simental pleaded guilty last November to being unlawfully present in the United States after having been previously deported. He has been sentenced in Marshall to 14 months in federal prison U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap.
Federsl prosecutors say, on August 28, 2012, Gallardo was found at the Harrison County jail by federal agents. Further investigation revealed Gallardo was unlawfully in the United States after having been deported following a battery conviction in Benton County, Arkansas, in 2006. Gallardo was indicted by a federal grand jury last September and charged with immigration violations. Gallardo will be deported following the completion of this prison sentence
