A Mexican people smuggler serving eight years in federal prison has been sentenced to an additional two years for trying to escape.
Juan Fidencio Romo de la Rosa recently appeared before U.S. District Judge Thad Hatfield in a federal court in Beaumont, Texas, where he was sentenced to evade federal custody Two years and three months in prison. Romo, a 37-year-old Mexican national, pleaded guilty on December 28, 2021, court documents show.
Romo was sentenced to eight years in prison for felony people smuggling and firearm possession, according to information provided to Breitbart, Texas, by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Texas. Officers at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI), a medium-security prison, respond to a fence alert on October 7, 2021. Guards rushed to the scene to find Romo trying to climb out of the facility’s last fence. The guard pointed a gun at him and told him to surrender. The prisoner managed to obtain some gloves and used them to clear the inner fence as he tried to escape.
“Rest assured that those who threaten the safety of other inmates, staff and surrounding communities by escaping and attempting to escape from federal prison will be caught and certainly will not escape justice,” said U.S. Attorney Britt Featherston. . “Instead, their reward will be additional time in federal prison plus their current sentence.”
Luisana Moreno is a contributing writer for Breitbart Texas.
