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HOUSTON – A Mexican national has been sentenced to prison in the United States for reentering the country illegally.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The man was found living in Houston after reentering the U.S. for the third time, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Javier Rivera sentenced <\/p>\n
The backstory:<\/p>\n
Javier Andres Rivera, 31, was first removed from the U.S. in 2011. Since then, he’s reentered illegally three times, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Texas says.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rivera has a criminal record of felonies including aggravated robbery with a firearm, possession of 50 pounds of marijuana, terroristic threats and illegal reentry.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The latest:<\/p>\n
Rivera was discovered in the U.S. most recently in July 2025, when he was arrested on an unlawful possession of a firearm charge. He pleaded guilty on Nov. 12, 2025, to illegal reentry.\u00a0<\/p>\n
U.S. District Judge Keith Ellison sentenced Rivera to five years in federal prison for the crime. It was noted that Rivera has already served a lengthy prison sentence and continued to re-offend in spite of it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
What’s next:<\/p>\n
Rivera is expected to face removal proceedings once his sentence is over. He will remain in custody pending his transfer to a prison facility that will be determined soon, the attorney’s office said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Source: Information in this article comes from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Texas.<\/p>\n
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