The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced July 2 that a Mexican national in Pensacola pleaded guilty to federal charges of impersonating an American citizen and passport fraud.
Alfredo Montero, 44, pleaded guilty to passport fraud, aggravated identity theft and false impersonation of a citizen after court records say he entered the United States illegally in 2019.
U.S. Attorney John Heekin says Montero purchased identification documents belonging to a real American citizen when he entered the country. He then applied for a U.S. passport in 2022 and obtained a Florida driver’s license in 2023 under the fraudulent identification…