Six people arrested during a Tallahassee, Fla., construction site enforcement action in late May have been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly reentering the U.S. illegally. 

While more than 100 were arrested at the site, John “Jack” Heek, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, said the arrests made that day are being further investigated by the the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement unit of the Dept of Homeland Security, as well as by other federal and state agencies.

The penalty for illegally reentering the U.S. after deportation is a maximum of two years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

The men indicted were: Bernardo Chavez-Chavez, 46, of Mexico, (previously deported in 1997); Luis Armando Funez-Gomez, 48, of Honduras, (previously deported in 2008); Candido Hurtado-Solano, 39, of Mexico, (previously deported in 2012); Juan Hurtado-Solano, 43, of Mexico, (previously deported in 2012); Juan Gomez Perez, 22, of Mexico, (previously deported in 2022); and Juan Carlos Hernandez Vallejos, 42, of Nicaragua, (previously deported in both 2014 and 2015).

Some of the men had criminal histories separate from their deportation orders including aggravated assault with a weapon, driving under the influence, fleeing and eluding and failures to appear in court going as far back as 1997.

While the warrant for the immigration enforcement action on the Gaines Street construction site is still sealed, both the contractor, Hedrick Brothers, and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis have said a subcontractor on the site was initially being investigated and Hedrick Brothers said it had no prior awareness that the May raid would happen.