Mexican National Sentenced to 21 Months in Alabama for Illegal Reentry and Firearm Possession
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — In Pelham, a city in Shelby County, Alabama, the U.S. Department of Justice announced on November 9 that Federico Sanchez Alvarado, 29, a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced to 21 months in prison for illegal reentry after removal and for possessing a firearm while illegally in the United States.
According to the plea agreement, Sanchez was ordered removed from the United States on February 10, 2016, and was deported on August 16, 2016. On October 17, 2025, Pelham police officers responded to a 911 call for shots fired and heard a series of gunshots in a residential area behind Deer Springs Road. Sanchez admitted to shooting a pistol in the backyard and showed officers where his gun was located inside the residence. Officers recovered a Springfield Armory XD-9 sub-compact handgun that had been reported stolen two weeks earlier in Birmingham. Sanchez was arrested after being found illegally in the United States a second time, and he pleaded guilty.
Phillip W. Williams Jr., United States Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, announced the sentence. Homeland Security Investigations investigated the case along with the Pelham Police Department, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Scott Woodard prosecuted it.
(Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
Source: U.S. Department of Justice
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