Two illegal immigrants charged with forgery

Undercover deputies arrest pair who were advertising fraudulent documents for sale.

Jose Borrios Gomez

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Victor Meza Martinez

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By Staff Report, Staff Report Updated 12:24 AM Thursday, July 9, 2009

FAIRFIELD — Undercover deputies have arrested two illegal immigrants advertising fraudulent documents for sale, according to the Butler County Sheriff’s Office.

Victor Meza-Martinez, 24, and Jose Borrios-Gomez, 30, were arrested Tuesday afternoon, July 7, at a UDF on Ohio 4 in Fairfield.

Meza-Martinez was charged with 17 counts of forgery and one count of falsification. He was in possession of 17 fraudulent documents for others and one fraudulent ID for himself, officials said.

Borrios-Gomez was charged with fours counts of forgery. He had two fraudulent cards that were ordered by the undercover officers, and two other ID cards, officials said.

Both are illegal immigrants, Meza-Martinez from Mexico and Borrios-Gomez from Honduras, according to the sheriff’s office. Borrios-Gomez has been deported once before, officials said.

They are both being held in the Butler County Jail with no bond and Immigration and Customs Enforcement “holders,” according to the sheriff’s office.

“When criminals make and then sell fake identifications it allows the people who buy them to get jobs and live in our community under fake aliases,” said Sheriff Richard Jones in a release issued Wednesday, July 8. “These are tough economic times and we will continue being committed to stop these kind of crimes from occurring.”

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