Mexican National Gets Light Sentence for Illegally Voting in Presidential Election

Ereyda Monge fills out her voter registration form at the Miami-Dade Elections Department on the final day for her to vote in the upcoming elections in Miami, Florida, on Oct. 9, 2012 . Joe Raedle/Getty Images

A Mexican national was sentenced to one month in prison for illegally voting in the 2016 presidential election, a U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina announced Monday.

Guadalupe Espinosa-Pena, 61, pleaded guilty to illegally voting in the 2016 general election in North Carolina. He was consequently sentenced to one month in prison followed by a supervised release for one year.