Convicted Criminal Sentenced to Six Years in Prison After Repeatedly Illegally Reentering the United States

A criminal who returned to the U.S. within five months of last being deported was sentenced to six years in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Leigha Simonton.

Moises Olivos-Hrucha, a 31-year-old citizen of Mexico, was charged in this District with illegal reentry after removal in March 2021, convicted in May 2021, and sentenced in January 2022 to 27 months in federal prison. After serving his sentence, he was deported. Just five months later, in October 2023, he was found back in the state of Texas. He was again charged with illegal reentry after removal and pleaded guilty in May 2024.

He was sentenced on Tuesday, Nov. 19 by U.S. District Judge Ada Brown, who ordered him to serve 68 months for the 2024 conviction and four months on the revocation of supervised release for the 2022 conviction, to run consecutively for a total of 72 months in federal prison.

At Monday's sentencing, prosecutors noted Mr. Olivos-Hrucha had engaged in criminal activity in the U.S. multiple times in between deportations. In 2013, he was convicted by the state of robbery and sentenced to five years' imprisonment after punching the victim's head, slamming her onto the ground, and dragging her across the ground.

Mr. Olivos-Hrucha will be subject to deportation again after serving his six-year sentence.

Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) conducted the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Madeleine Case prosecuted the most recent criminal case and revocation; former NDTX Assistant U.S. Attorney Travis Elder (now serving in Utah) prosecuted the original criminal case.