GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) – The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina announced that a Honduran man was sentenced Thursday after pleading guilty to illegal entry into the United States.
Officials said that 48-year-old Franklin Flores-Penas will be removed from the United States after he completes his 21-month prison sentence.
According to court records and the sentencing hearing on Oct. 26, 2025, Flores-Penas was arrested in Buncombe County. Investigators determined that he had illegally reentered the United States four times after he had been deported…