PENSACOLA, Fla. — Federal prosecutors in North Florida have indicted eight previously deported people accused of illegally reentering the United States, with cases spanning from Okaloosa County to Santa Rosa County. <\/p>\n
According to court records, the eight defendants and their cases include the following:<\/p>\n
Juan Contreras-Vilches, 47, of Mexico, is accused of illegally reentering the United States and being located in Okaloosa County in May after previously being deported twice in 2017, twice in 2018, and once in 2019. He pleaded guilty June 5, and sentencing is scheduled for June 18 in Pensacola.Joel Gomez Soto, 33, of Mexico, is accused of illegally reentering the United States and being located in Okaloosa County in January after previously being deported in 2015 and 2017. The trial is scheduled for July 20 in Pensacola.Esteban Rigoberto Hernandez-Muniz, 54, of Mexico, is accused of illegally reentering the United States and being located in Santa Rosa County in April after previously being deported in 2019. He pleaded guilty June 4, and sentencing is scheduled for June 18 in Pensacola. Laura Santiago-Garfias, 27, of Mexico, is accused of illegally reentering the United States and being located in Okaloosa County in April after previously being deported in 2019 and 2020. The trial is scheduled for Aug. 3 in Pensacola.Iran Gomez-Aguilera, 43, of Mexico, is accused of illegally reentering the United States and being located in Okaloosa County in May after previously being deported in 2019. He pleaded guilty June 4, 2026, and sentencing is scheduled for June 18 in Pensacola.Victor Lopez, 30, of Guatemala, is accused of illegally reentering the United States and being located in Okaloosa County in May after previously being deported in 2017. The trial is scheduled for July 20 in Pensacola.Juan Molina-Hernandez, 36, of Honduras, is accused of illegally reentering the United States and being located in Okaloosa County in May after previously being deported in 2023. He pleaded guilty on May 26, and sentencing is scheduled for June 18 in Pensacola. Jose Patzan-Camey, 28, of Guatemala, is accused of illegally reentering the United States and being located in Santa Rosa County in April after previously being deported in 2018. Trial is scheduled for Aug. 3 in Pensacola.<\/p>\n
The remaining mugshots of the undocumented immigrants have not yet been made public.<\/p>\n
The penalty for illegally reentering the United States after deportation is a maximum of two years in prison and a $250,000 fine, according to the U.S. attorney\u2019s office, according to the release. <\/p>\n
Prosecutors said Gomez Soto faces a maximum of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine based on allegations of prior convictions that qualify for an increased maximum sentence.<\/p>\n
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The investigations involved Homeland Security Investigations and Enforcement and Removal Operations, with assistance from the Florida Highway Patrol, the Walton County Sheriff\u2019s Office, the Okaloosa County Sheriff\u2019s Office, the Santa Rosa County Sheriff\u2019s Office, the Shalimar Police Department, the Panama City Beach Police Department, and the Alachua County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PENSACOLA, Fla. — Federal prosecutors in North Florida have indicted eight previously deported people accused of illegally reentering…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":311256,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-311255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=311255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311255\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/311256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=311255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=311255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}