(US Attorney MISSOULA) – Earlier this month, a Mexican citizen who was in the country illegally after having been removed three times before was sentenced to six months in prison, Acting U.S. Attorney Mark Steger Smith said.
Rogelio Hernandez-Olivares, 45, pleaded guilty in March to one count of illegal reentry into the United States.
The government alleged in court documents that Hernandez-Olivares was in the US illegally after having been removed once in 2009 and twice more in March and October of 2025. On Jan. 20, Border Patrol agents encountered Hernandez-Olivares during a traffic stop in Rocker. He initially gave authorities a false name but admitted to being in the country illegally. Hernandez-Olivares was later correctly identified and law enforcement learned of his previous removals.
