New Mexico Illegal Reentry Law
Samaritan Ministries International, et al. v. Alice T. Kane
Albuquerque, New Mexico, civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiffs claiming religious discrimination.<br> <br> The Affordable Care Act ("ACAâ€) contains an insurance mandate that requires applicable individuals to maintain minimum essential coverage. Samaritan Ministries International ("Samaritanâ€) is a nonprofit healthcare sharing ministry ("HCSMâ€) whose members are exempt f... More...
$0 (10-09-2025 - NM)<h1> United States of America v. Cristhian Ortega-Lopez </h1></h1>
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with alien in possession of a firearm and ammunition and conspiracy to tamper with evidence.<br> <br> A Venezuelan national and suspected member of a transnational criminal organization has pleaded guilty to illegally possessing firearms and conspiring to destroy evidence after posting photos and videos of himself w... More...
$0 (10-08-2025 - NM)United States of America v. Jony Roberto Ruiz-Alvarado
Las Cruces, New Mexico, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal reentry without inspection.... More...
$0 (10-03-2025 - NM)United States of America v. Hugo Antonio Romero_Mencia
Las Cruces, New Mexico, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with re-entry of a removed alien. <br> <br> * * *<br> <br> "[W]e uphold even substantial variances when the district court properly <br> weighs the § 3553(a) factors and offers valid reasons for the chosen sentence.†<br> Barnes, 890 F.3d at 916. And "we must give due deference to the district court's <br... More...
$0 (09-16-2025 - NM)<h1> United States of America v. Christopher Saunders </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, possession of a forearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and being a felon in possession of a firearm.</font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Carlsbad Man Sentenced for Illegal Fir... More...
$0 (09-16-2025 - NM)<h1> United States of America v. James Kenney, Kevin Leacy </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged drug trafficking offenses </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Albuquerque Man Pleads Guilty to Unlicensed Firearms Dealing</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i"></b></center></i><br> <center><h2><br> A fed... More...
$0 (09-11-2025 - NM)<h1> United States of America v. Jaime Lopez </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Las Cruces, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Fentanyl Trafficking and Illegal Firearm Possession </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Doña Ana Man Sentenced for Fentanyl Trafficking and Illegal Firearm Possession</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i... More...
$0 (08-11-2025 - NM)<h1> United States of America v. Gerald Anthony Lopez </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Las Cruces, New Mexicoa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Federal Drug, Firearms, and Immigration-Related Offenses </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Deming Teenager Charged in Federal Drug, Firearms, and Immigration-Related Offenses</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></cen... More...
$0 (08-11-2025 - NM)United States of America v. Raymundo Guevara-Lopez
Las Cruces, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted bulk-cash smuggling and aiding and abetting, in violation of 31 U.S.C. § 5332(a)(1), (b) and 18 U.S.C. § 2.<br> <br> In September 2021, a New Mexico State Police officer stopped nineteen-<br> year-old Guevara-Lopez for a minor traffic violation. After pulling over,<br> Guevara-Lopez stepped out o... More...
$0 (08-08-2025 - NM)United States of America v. Sergio Bernardo Avelino-Larios
Las Cruces, New New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal entry without inspection.<br> <br> * * *<br> <br> 8 U.S.C. 1325, also known as the "Improper Entry by Alien" law, makes it a crime for an alien to enter or attempt to enter the United States at a time or place not designated by immigration officers. It also covers eluding inspection by immigration off... More...
$0 (07-31-2025 - NM)United States of America v. Alex Vallejos
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of over 500 grams of cocaine withthe intent to distribute in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(B<br> V<br> allejos entered his plea on the condition that he could appeal the district court's denial of his motion<br> to suppress evidence—in particular, a red box containing cocai... More...
$0 (07-19-2025 - NM)<h1> United States of America v. Jarol Wilberto Arroyo-Cerin </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to illegally bring, transport, hide, or encourage unauthorized immigrants to enter or stay in the United States </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> <br> Maryland Man Arrested After Border Agents Uncover 13 Migrants Concealed in... More...
$0 (07-03-2025 - NM)<H2> United States of America v. Yavneel Ivan Pinon-Mendoza
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with reentry of a removed alien in violation of 8 U.S.C. 1326(a) and (b).... More...
$0 (06-30-2025 - nm)United States of America v. Perla Yvonne Perez
Las Cruces, New Mexico criminal Defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to transports an illegal alien in violation of 8:1324(a)(l)(A)(v)(I).<br> <br> ... More...
$0 (06-30-2025 - NM)United States of America v. Juan Francisco Carvajal-Andujar
Las Cruces, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal re-entry after removal.<br> <br> In 2022, Mr. Carvajal-Andujar was removed from the United States after he was released from custody for a 2017 conviction for kidnapping and indecent assault of a minor. In 2024, he was caught attempting to reenter the country without authorization.<br> <br> Mr. Carvajal-A... More...
$0 (06-09-2025 - NM)<h1> United States of America v. Jay Kelly </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegal Firearm Possession</font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Federal Charge Filed Against Convicted Felon for Illegal Firearm Possession in Shiprock</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A previously convicted felon, already u... More...
$0 (05-23-2025 - NM)United States of America v. Francisco Torres-Cadena
Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with;<br> <br> 8:1326(a)(b)(1) REENTRY OF A REMOVED ALIEN<br> <br> MoreLaw's goal is to help people seeking legal assistance to find the best lawyers available to represent them in any county in the United States. Click the link above to see some lawyers available where this case was tried who might be available to represe... More...
$0 (04-30-2025 - NM)<h1> United States of America v. Darwin Yuvini Escobar-Lopez a.k.a Carlos Antonio Aguilar-Garcia </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with reentry of a removed alien. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Guatemalan National Sentenced to Eight Years for Illegal Reentry</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Guatemalan national with a history of serious crime... More...
$0 (04-10-2025 - NM)State of New Mexico v. Hardy R. Begay
Farmington, New Mexico, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with driving while intoxicated (DUI)<br> <br> Hardy R. Begay was found guilty and was sentenced to to a term of imprisonment of twelve years, ten years of which shall not be suspended, deferred or taken under advisement.").<br> <br> * * *<br> <br> Legal issue Did the defendant stipulate to the validity of prior DWI... More...
$0 (03-10-2025 - NM)United States of America v. Ismael Vazquez-Garcia
Las Cruces, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal re-entry after removal.<br> <br> Mr. Vazquez-Garcia is a 42-year-old Mexican citizen. He was first removed from the United States on December 21, 2022, after being released from incarceration for a 2018 child-abuse offense. In November 2023, Border Patrol agents near Lordsburg, New Mexico located Mr. Vazq... More...
$0 (03-12-2025 - NM)<h1> United States of America v. Rogelio Rodriguez-Salas </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Albuquerque, New Mexico<br> criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Attempted Aircraft Destruction and Drug Trafficking </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> U.S. Attorney's Office Secures Sentencing of Mexican National for Attempted Aircraft Destruction and Drug Trafficking</h2></center></b></b> <... More...
$0 (01-02-2025 - NM)United States of America v. Vincente Villela
Denver, Colorado criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with violating the conditions of supervised release.<br> <br> In 2023, Defendant-Appellant Vicente Villela was serving two concurrent<br> terms of supervised release. He violated his conditions of supervision on four<br> separate occasions. After the fourth violation, the district court revoked both of<br> Mr. Villela's su... More...
$0 (12-23-2024 - NM)United States of America v. Aris Francis Rios-Flores
<h2><br> Las Cruces, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with reentry of a removed alien in in violation of 8 U.S.C. 1326(a) and (b).<br> </h2><br> Defendant pled guilty and was sentenced to 60 months in prison, which was above the sentencing guidelines.<br> <br> The parties are familiar with the facts, and we need not restate all of them<br> here. Briefly, Mr. Rio... More...
$0 (12-12-2024 - NM)United States of America v. Aris Fransis Rios-Flores
<h2><br> Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal reentry of a removed alien.<br> </h2><br> <br> Aris Fransis Rios-Flores, was convicted of reentry of a<br> removed alien, 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) & (b), upon a guilty plea and was sentenced to 60<br> months' imprisonment. On appeal, Mr. Rios-Flores argues that the district court (1)<br> procedural... More...
$0 (12-10-2024 - NM)State of New Mexico v. Jessica Vasquez
Taos, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the rights on a civil rights theory.<br> <br> <br> A district court judge in rural New Mexico noticed a pattern of warrantless searches and seizures throughout her docket, where the resulting evidence formed the basis for the State's prosecution. In New Mexico, a warrantless search is presumptively unconstitutional and subject to rebuttal by the... More...
$0 (11-18-2024 - NM)<h1> United States of America v. Eric Watson </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> <br> Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Assault </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> U.S. Attorney's Office Secures Sentencing in Tohatchi Assault Case</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> On the morning of December 9, 2022, Eric Watson, 23, an enrolled me... More...
$0 (09-05-2024 - NM)United States of America v. Clive Anthony Robinson
<h2><br> Albuquerque, New Mexico illegal reentry and supervised release revocation criminal defendant lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> </h2><br> <br> While Mr. Robinson was on supervised release, he was convicted of illegal reentry and had his supervised release revoked.<br> <br> For the conviction itself, the court adopted the factual findings in the presentence report, referred to the statu... More...
$0 (08-21-2024 - NM)<h1> United States of America v. William Valencia </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assault of an intimate partner by strangling and suffocating </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> U.S. Attorney's Office Secures Additional Sentence Against Defendant for Escape from Federal Custody</h2></center></b></b> </h2></cent... More...
$0 (08-06-2024 - NM)<h1> United States of America v. Daryl Jay Dickson </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegally possessing a firearm </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> U.S. Attorney Announces Sentencing of Convicted Felon for Illegal-Firearm Possession Following Fatal Shooting</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Zuni... More...
$0 (08-07-2024 - NM)United States of America v. Enrique Martinez-Expanosa </center
<h2><br> Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal re-entry of an alien after removal.<br> </h2><br> <br> On May 4, 2023, United States Border Patrol agents found Martinez-Espinoza<br> with a group of fifteen other individuals in Hidalgo County, New Mexico. He<br> admitted to being a Mexican citizen without legal authorization to enter or remain... More...
$0 (08-02-2024 - NM)<h1> United States of America v. Edward Walters </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegal Weapons Possession in Domestic Violence Case </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> U.S. Attorney Announces Sentencing for Man Convicted of Illegal Weapons Possession in Domestic Violence Case</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center... More...
$0 (07-30-2024 - NM)<h1> United States of America v. Castulo Amaya </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Immigrant Smuggling Scheme </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> U.S. Attorney Secures 78-Month Sentence for Armed Felon in Immigrant Smuggling Scheme</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Tularosa man was sentenced to 78... More...
$0 (07-11-2024 - NM)<h1> United States of America v. Daniel Pacheco </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with carjacking and using, carrying and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence </font <br> </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i><br> </b>Rio Rancho Man Sentenced for Federal Firearms Offenses </h2></center><br> <br> A Rio Ranc... More...
$0 (05-10-2024 - NM)<h1> United States of America v. Jeffrey Steven Clay </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center><i> Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count each of kidnapping and transportation for illegal sexual activity. .</font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center><i></b> Former El Paso Independent School District Employee Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison </h2></center></i></font color="red"><br> <b... More...
$0 (04-05-2024 - NM)<h1> United States of America v. Chad Edward Keith </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Denver, Colorado criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possessing 11 Firearms as a Prohibited Person.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h3><center><i></b> </h3></center></i><br> <br> The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Colorado announces that Chad Edward Keith, age 42, was sentenced to 27 months in federa... More...
$0 (02-07-2024 - NM)United States of America v. Axel Saul Garcia-Payan
Las Cruces, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to transport an illegal alien in violation for 8 U.S.C. (a)(l)(A)(v)(I).... More...
$0 (10-06-2023 - NM)United States of America v. Jared Piepkorn
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with for selling wildlife taken in violation of state law, a Lacey Act violation.<br> <br> Jared Piepkorn, age 47, of Clovis, New Mexico, was charged with one misdemeanor violation of the Lacey Act occurring in January 2021 after he agreed to also plead guilty in State District Court to several wildlife related charg... More...
$0 (09-12-2023 - NM)United States of America v. Silvestre Guzman-Isaias
Las Cruces, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with re-entry of a removed alien in violation of 8 U.S.C. 1326(a) and (B), which provide:<br> <br> (a) In generalSubject to subsection (b), any alien who—<br> (1) has been denied admission, excluded, deported, or removed or has departed the United States while an order of exclusion, deportation, or removal is outst... More...
$0 (05-09-2023 - NM)United States of America v. Jeffrey Steven Clay
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with one count each of kidnapping and transportation for illegal sexual activity.<br> <br> A federal grand jury indicted Clay on Nov. 9, 2022. At the time, Jeffrey Steven Clay, age 51, of Anthony, New Mexico, was employed as the Executive Director of Analytics, Strategy, and Assessment and Public Education Information Ma... More...
$0 (05-09-2023 - NM)State of New Mexico v. Derrick Romero
Santa Fe, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with second-degree sexual penetration<br> <table><br> <h1> <br> <center> <br> <P> <br> <img width="300" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Santa_Fe_NM.jpg" alt="Santa Fe County Courthouse"><br> <P><br> Santa Fe County Courthouse <br> <P> <br> <a font="red" href="https://www.morelaw.com/newmexico/news/... More...
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