Mexican National Sentenced to 4 Years and 9 Months for Illegal Re-Entry
Jorge Arellano Torres, 33, was sentenced in federal court in Sacramento after pleading guilty to being a deported alien found in the United States.
2 reports on this incident · first at Sep 5, 2026, 2:20 p.m. ET
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Mexican National Sentenced to Prison for Illegal Re-Entry
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Jorge Arellano Torres, 33, of Modesto, was sentenced on September 4, 2026, to four years and nine months in prison for being a deported alien found in the United States, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of California. The sentence is to be served consecutively to his state prison term.
According to court documents, on October 11, 2025, immigration officers found Arellano Torres in the Eastern District of California after he had illegally re-entered the United States. Arellano Torres, a citizen and national of Mexico, had been deported in 2017. Prior to his deportation, he had been convicted in state court of possession for sale of methamphetamine and heroin in 2015. After re-entering, he was convicted in state court and is serving a state prison sentence.
The investigation was conducted by the Department of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Assistant U.S. Attorney J. Douglas Harman prosecuted the case. U.S. District Judge Dena Coggins imposed the sentence.
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