Yellowhammer Times

A federal grand jury in Huntsville has indicted four individuals on charges related to immigration violations, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Prim Escalona for the Northern District of Alabama.

The defendants named in the indictment are Victor Alfonso Contreras-Gonzalez, 41, a citizen of Mexico; Arturo Ayala-Aviles, 33, a citizen of El Salvador; Jose Jacuinde-Gutierrez, 32, a citizen of Mexico; and Marco Antonio Sanchez-Avila, 47, also a citizen of Mexico.

Contreras-Gonzalez and Ayala-Aviles are charged with illegally reentering the United States after having previously been deported. Jacuinde-Gutierrez faces charges for illegal reentry as well as distribution of cocaine. Sanchez-Avila is charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm and an alien in possession of a firearm.

“These cases are part of Operation Take Back America, a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. Operation Take Back America streamlines efforts and resources from the Department’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETFs) and Project Safe Neighborhood (PSN). Operation Take Back America partner Homeland Security Investigations investigated these cases,” according to the statement from U.S. Attorney Escalona.

Authorities emphasized that indictments only contain charges and all defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty.