RICHMOND, Va., May 14 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Federal Bureau of Investigation Richmond Field Office issued the following press release:
RICHMOND, Va. - A federal jury convicted a Honduran national today on charges of possession of a firearm by an illegal alien.
According to court records and evidence presented at trial, in 2016, law enforcement encountered Joel L. Ayala-Rivera, 22, near Hidalgo, Texas, after he unlawfully crossed the border as an unaccompanied juvenile. He was placed in removal proceedings and was released from custody to the care of his mother. In or about February of 2023, Ayala-Rivera was again encountered and taken into custody by Border Patrol in Texas. In May of 2023, an immigration judge adjudged him to...