Mayor of Mexican city sentenced for using fraudulent passport in Arizona
Apr 9, 2019, 5:14 PM
Rogelio Aboyte Limon (Excelsior.com.mx Photo)
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PHOENIX – The mayor of a small Mexican city has been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for trying to use a fraudulent passport to enter the United States through an Arizona port of entry.
Rogelio Aboyte Limon, 47, received the sentence, which includes three years of supervised release, in a U.S. District courtroom in Tucson on Monday, according to a Department of Justice press release.
He previously pleaded guilty to making false statements while applying for and using a passport, the release said.
Aboyte Limon, a Mexican citizen, was arrested Dec. 27, 2018, at the DeConcini Port of Entry in Nogales.
According to the Arizona Daily Star, he was on his way to Disneyland with his family when he was apprehended.
He was the mayor of Bacum, which is about 300 miles south of border in the state of Sonora, at the time of his arrest.
The press release said he obtained the passport in 2005, renewed it in 2015 and had used it multiple times.
When applying for the renewal he used another person’s identity, claimed U.S. citizenship, didn’t list names he’d previously used and failed to disclose a conviction for a felony drug offense, the release said.
The Daily Star said he served more than five years in prison after being convicted in 2010 for trafficking cocaine in Indiana.
