He came to America 7 times, and now he'll serve federal time for it

An undocumented immigrant who had re-entered the country six previous times was sentenced to five years in federal prison after coming back into the country the seventh time.

A release from the U.S. attorney's office on Thursday stated that Oscar Alfredo Burgon-Urrea, 39, of Honduras, pleaded guilty on March 7 to a charge of unlawful re-entry by a removed alien previously convicted of a felony.

Authorities said the Moss Point Police Department found Burgon-Urrea in a drunken state by the side of I-10 on Dec. 4. An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent ended up realizing Burgon-Urrea was not in the country legally while he was being held by local officials for public drunkenness.

Further investigation revealed Burgon-Urrea had been lawfully removed from the United States in 2005, and had illegally re-entered the United States on six subsequent occasions. He was convicted in 2011 by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, Del Rio Division, on the offense of re-entry by a deported alien, a felony.

Burgon-Urrea had been known through the years by multiple variations of his name including Oscar Alfredo Burgos-Urrea, Oscar Alredo Burgos Ureea, Oscar Alfredo Burgos, Oscar Burgos and Oscar Alfredo.

Burgon-Urrea was additionally sentenced to three years of supervised release upon completion of his prison term, and will face removal proceedings by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. If Burgon-Urrea returns again to the United States, after removal and during the term of his supervised release, he could face a separate term of imprisonment in addition to any other penalty, the release said.

In the release, U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst praised the cooperation exhibited by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security,ICE, the Moss Point Police Department, and the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department. Assistant United States Attorney Stan Harris was the prosecutor for the case.