Honduran man accused of having phony papers (Watertown Daily Times)

Honduran man accused of having phony papers
North Country Briefs
SATURDAY, APRIL 24, 2010

A Honduran citizen faces a charge that he had fake immigration papers while trying to get onto Fort Drum to work.

Edwin Martinez-Sanchez was charged Monday by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents with fraud and misuse of visas or permits.

According to an affidavit filed by an agent Thursday in U.S. District Court, Mr. Martinez-Sanchez was a passenger in a vehicle with five other men who were heading to a construction site on post.

Suspecting that Mr. Martinez-Sanchez and his companions might be illegal aliens because they had little identification, Fort Drum police called Border Patrol agents.

The men were taken to the Wellesley Island port of entry, where Mr. Martinez-Sanchez allegedly admitted he was in the country illegally.

A search of his baggage reportedly revealed a counterfeit resident alien card bearing his name. A check of the alien registration number on the document showed it was assigned to a Mexican citizen. A fake Social Security card with a Social Security number that does not exist also was found, according to court documents.

He has been assigned a federal public defender and is being held in the custody of U.S. marshals.