AKRON ‒ A federal grand jury has charged eight people who were found at a Canton manufacturing facility on Aug. 6 with immigration and identity theft-related violations.

According to court documents, four of the defendants were previously removed from the U.S. but were found in Ohio without the consent of the U.S. attorney general or the secretary for homeland security for readmission.

Seven of the defendants are from Guatemala and a one is from El Salvador, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Ohio. They range in age from 21 to 55.

The manufacturing facility where they were found was not identified in the release. The local communities where they were living also were not included.

The charges are illegal reentry of removed alien,

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