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PENSACOLA, Fla. (WKRG) — A man from Nicaragua has pleaded guilty to illegally reentering the U.S., according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Florida.
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Edwin Joel Martinez-Cruz, 38, reportedly left the U.S. in 2022 after receiving an Order of Removal from an immigration judge. Less than a year later, he returned to the U.S. and was convicted of trafficking a child.
Martinez-Cruz, who also goes by “Edwin Joel Ibarras-Ardon” and “Edwin Ibarra,” could serve two years in prison, then deportation, according to a USAO news release…