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A federal grand jury on Thursday returned an indictment against Abraham Moreno Garcia, 51, of Mexico, charging him with being an illegal alien present in the U.S. after having been previously convicted of a felony and removed from the country.

According to a previously filed criminal complaint, Moreno Garcia was returned to Mexico at least three times and has two felony convictions for illegally reentering the United States.

In 2019, he was convicted in the Hawaii for illegal reentry and sentenced to five months in federal prison. After serving his sentence, he was removed to Mexico in March 2019.

He later reentered the U.S. illegally and was arrested March 7 in Kailua-Kona.

If convicted of the charged offense, Moreno Garcia faces up to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000.