Crime & Safety
Chesco Man Returns After 3 Deportations, Is Captured: US Attorney
A Chester County man and native of Mexico who was deported three times has been captured again.
AVONDALE, PA — A Chester County man and native of Mexico who was deported three times has been captured again, according to the US Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Pedro Mendez-Zavala, of Avondale, was charged last week with illegal reentry after deportation, officials said.
Mendez-Zavala returned to the country on Feb. 22 after having been deported on three previous occasions: April 18, 1998, April 20, 2013, and Dec. 21, 2014, according to the US Attorney.
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Mendez-Zavala was also going by the names Pedro Zavala Mendez and Luis Medina Bedolla during his time in the United States.
He faces up to ten years in prison if convicted.
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Assistant United States Attorney Kevin Jayne is prosecuting the case.
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