Pollok Man Faces Federal Charges

Pollok, a small suburb of Lufkin on the way to Wells, is home to a man who is being charged for an immigration violation. According to the United States Attorney's Office Eastern District of Texas, he is living here illegally.

Acting U.S. Attorney Jay R.Combs announced the indictment of Jose de Jesus Pineda-Torres, 43. The federal grand jury is charging him with illegal reentry by a previously deported alien.

The indictment states that on July 11, 2025, Pineda-Torres was found in the Eastern District of Texas after being deported three times. The case is part of Operation Take Back America.

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You hear about these types of things in the national news, but just like on TikTok when your FYP (For You Page) gets too local to you and starts to become too real, this is happening in our small town.

Operation Take Back America is using the full resources of the Department of Justice and U.S. Marshals to stop illegal immigration, along with the cartel and transnational criminal activity that it brings.

It combines the resources from the Department's Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force and Project Safe Neighborhood (PSN) to protect communities from violent crime and the people who commit them.

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If convicted, Pineda-Torres faces up to 10 years in federal prison and deportation. They didn't say which one would come first, but likely federal prison, given his track record of returning to the U.S. and Pollok.

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A federal indictment is not evidence of guilt.  All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.