Illegal immigrant, previously deported 10 times, sentenced to nearly 10 years in prison

An illegal immigrant from El Salvador who was previously deported from the United States on 10 separate occasions and convicted of more than a dozen serious crimes was sentenced Thursday to nearly 10 years in prison for his latest offenses.

U.S. District Court Senior Judge W. Earl Britt sentenced 54-year-old Jose Alfonso Rodriguez-Garcia to nine years and seven months in prison for illegal re-entry of an aggravated felon, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announced Thursday evening.