Serial Border Crosser from Honduras Sentenced to 27 Months in Prison

MIAMI - A Honduran national has been sentenced to 27 months in federal prison for illegally reentering the United States after multiple prior removals.

U.S. District Judge Jacqueline Becerra imposed the sentence, followed by three years of supervised release, after Marvin Wilton Max Ayala, 36, pleaded guilty.

According to court records, Max Ayala unlawfully reentered the United States for the fifth time. On April 1, law enforcement discovered Max Ayala after he was arrested for cocaine possession.

Max Ayala was previously removed from the United States on November 21, 2012; April 6, 2015; May 4, 2020; and August 5, 2021. During his prior unlawful stays in the country, Max Ayala was also convicted of other crimes, including an attempted forgery offense in Texas in 2021.

Following the completion of his federal prison sentence, Max Ayala will be removed from the United States.

U.S. Attorney Jason A. Reding Quiñones for the Southern District of Florida and Field Office Director Garrett Ripa of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Enforcement Removal Operations (ICE-ERO) Prosecutions Unit, Miami announced the sentence.

ICE-ERO investigated the case.

Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Melissa Roca Shaw prosecuted the case.

Related court documents and information may be found on the website of the District Court for the Southern District of Florida at https://www.flsd.uscourts.gov or at https://http://pacer.flsd.uscourts.gov, under case number 25-cr-20192.

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