FRESNO -  Three citizens of Mexico were sentenced on Monday for immigration offenses related to their prior deportations, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced. U.S. v. Julio Cesar Delgadillo (1:18-cr-050) Delgadillo, 47, Mexican national residing in Visalia, was sentenced Monday to five years and three months in prison for being a deported alien found in the United States.

He was indicted on March 8, 2018, and pleaded guilty on June 18, 2018. According to court records, Delgadillo was deported on December 1, 2016, following a prior conviction and sentence for being a deported alien found in the Unites States. According to the 2012 indictment, Delgadillo was convicted in Tulare County in 2003 of assault with a firearm and sentenced to three years in prison.

U.S. v. Ramon Quintero (1:18-cr-127) Quintero, 48, Mexican national residing in Kern County, was sentenced Monday to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty to being a deported alien found in the United States. He was indicted on June 14, 2018. According to the indictment, Quintero was previously deported on November 14, 2008, after being convicted of second degree robbery in 1999 and serving a six-year sentence.

U.S. v. Bernardo Guzman-Cruz (1:18-cr-128) Guzman-Cruz, 45, Mexican national residing in Kings County, was sentenced Monday to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty to being a deported alien found in the United States. He was indicted on June 14, 2018. According to the indictment, Guzman-Cruz was previously deported on July 14, 2012, after being convicted of a domestic violence offense in 2003 and sentenced to two years in prison.

These cases were the product of investigations by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO).