Date: 03-11-2025

Case Style:

United States of America v. Jorge Martinez-Urizar

Case Number: 24-MJ-369

Judge: Nancy Torresen

Court: The United States District Court for the District of Maine (Cumberland County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: The United States Attorney’s Office in Portland

Defendant's Attorney:

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Portland, Maine criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with entering the United States after a prior removal.
Guatemalan National Sentenced for Illegally Entering the US After a Prior Removal

A Guatemalan national pleaded was charged with entering the United States after a prior removal.

U.S. District Judge Nancy Torresen sentenced Jorge Martinez-Urizar, 50, to time served. Martinez-Urizar had been detained since November. He will likely face deportation now that the case has concluded. Martinez-Urizar pleaded guilty on February 5, 2025.

In November 2024, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent conducted a records check on Martinez-Urizar. The check showed that he had been removed from the country on three prior occasions, most recently in July 2005, and that he had not filed any applications or petitions granting him permission to reenter or remain in the United States lawfully. Martinez was removed in 2005 after serving a 70-month sentence in Oregon for assault in the second degree and unlawful use of a weapon.

ICE investigated the case.

Outcome:

Defendant was found guilty and sentenced totime served

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