A 54-year-old Mexican national who illegally resided in Houston has been sentenced for illegally reentering the country without authorisation, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
Isidor Lagunas-Estrada pleaded guilty on January 14.
U.S. District Judge Keith P. Ellison has now ordered him to serve the nearly six-year federal prison sentence. In imposing the term of imprisonment, the court considered the dangerousness of his crimes, lack of respect for the law and the need for deterrence.
The sentence will run consecutively to his state conviction for driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI).
Lagunas-Estrada was removed from the United States in 2020 following his fourth DUI conviction.
The investigation revealed he illegally reentered again and was found in the United States in October 2022 when he was arrested and later convicted for his fifth DUI.
He has been and will remain in custody.
