Man Sentenced for Re-entering US After Deportation

0:00A 36-year-old man from Mexico just got sentenced for sneaking back into the United States after his deportation eight years ago. Felipe Omar Hernandez Gonzales faced removal in April 2018 following a drunk driving charge and an assault on his girlfriend in Hoover, Alabama. Court records also show he pleaded guilty back in September 2017 to hurting a four-month-old baby girl so badly she ended up with a life-threatening brain bleed from head trauma. That injury, a subdural hematoma, happens when blood vessels near the brain burst and put dangerous pressure on it as medical experts explain. He admitted to the illegal reentry in January 2026 and now faces 18 months behind bars, closing this chapter on his repeated, by elections. That's the story for today. Birmingham News Today, Driven by AI