A 39-year-old Mexican man was sentenced to 10 years in prison Tuesday after he was convicted of shooting five people at a Las Vegas birthday party in 2022 and was found to have entered the United States illegally five times during a period of over 10 years, according to a news release from the Department of Justice.

Jose Alberto Santacruz-Benitez, according to court documents and statements made in court, was found to be illegally in the U.S. and was deported in 2009, twice in 2014, and then again in 2017 and 2021.

On Sept. 18, 2022, according to the Metropolitan Police Department, Santacruz-Benitez shot five people during a surprise birthday party in northeast Las Vegas.

Prior to his first removal from the country in 2009, Santacruz-Benitez was convicted of conspiracy to commit kidnapp

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