U.S. District Judge Gregory K. Frizzell sentenced Jose Luis Moreno-Yanez, 39, a Mexican national, to 78 months in federal prison for Unlawful Reentry of a Removed Alien, with 39 months to run consecutively to existing state sentences. In May and June 2023, after illegally re-entering the U.S., Moreno-Yanez was charged in two separate state cases for robbery with a firearm, and was additionally convicted of drug possession and assault and battery, receiving concurrent state sentences of 18 and 20 years. He also pleaded guilty to violating supervised release terms and received an additional 24-month sentence; upon release, he faces removal proceedings.

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