NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Sept. 6 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Peter Strasser, issued the following news release:

U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that PEDRO BRITO-MARCOS age 22, a citizen of Guatemala, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Susie Morgan after previously pleading guilty to a one-count Bill of Information for illegally re-entering the United States in violation of Title 8, United States Code, Section 1326(a).