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; Candido Hurtado-Solano, 39; Juan Hurtado-Solano, 43; and Juan Gomez Perez, all of Mexico; Luis Armando Funez-Gomez, 48, of Honduras; and Juan Carlos Hernandez Vallejos, 42, of Nicaragua. All had been previously deported between 1997 and 2022, said the U.S. Attorney’s office, adding that some had criminal histories separate from deportation orders, including aggravated assault with a weapon, driving under the influence, fleeing and eluding and failures to appear in court dating to 1997.

The immigration enforcement action on the Gaines Street construction site remains sealed, but contractor Hedrick Brothers and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said in public statements that a project subcontractor was initially being investigated. The contractor said it had no prior awareness that the May raid would happen.