Drug-crime felon accused of illegally attempting to return to U.S.

A federal grand jury has indicted a 52-year-old man accusing him of illegally re-entering the country after he was convicted of a federal drug crime in Arizona in 2001.

Federal prosecutors allege in the indictment Jesus Carbajal-Piedra, who is not a U.S. citizen, was found in Douglas County on May 2 after he was deported in 2002. Carbajal-Piedra is charged with illegally re-entering the country in 2007 after being convicted of an aggravated felony and deported, according to U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom’s office.

According to the indictment, Carbajal-Piedra was convicted in federal court in Arizona in 2001 of felony possession with the intent to distribute marijuana.