The U.S. Department of Justice has charged a Mexican national living in Beloit with illegally voting in the November 2022 election as a non-citizen.

The agency, though, didn’t respond to questions seeking details about how the investigation was initiated that resulted in the charges against Jesus Javier Jurado Garcia, 25.

The U.S. DOJ on Friday announced charges against five people in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Four were charged with voting illegally in federal elections as non-residents, while the fifth person was accused of making a false statement of citizenship in order to vote and aiding and abetting a fraudulent registration.

The release didn’t include other details against Jurado Garcia other than he was living in Beloit and charged last week with voting in the November 2022 election. He faces up to one year in prison if convicted.

The U.S. attorney’s office for the Western District provided WisPolitics with the criminal information document, which didn’t include any details of the investigation. In addition, online court records include a document showing Jurado Garcia faces a misdemeanor charge.

The federal online records didn’t include any information yet today on a court appearance.

A check of state court records shows two speeding tickets against Jurado Garcia and one ticket for operating an off-road motorcycle on a highway. The first ticket was in 2022, and the last was in 2024.

Friday’s announcement comes as the Trump administration has tried unsuccessfully to get an unredacted copy of the state’s voter registration list. The president has also signed an executive order seeking to place new restrictions on mail-in voting. That includes allowing the U.S. Postal Service to track mail-in ballots and reject ones from voters not included in a federal database.

A federal judge issued orders blocking enforcement of the rule. The Trump administration over the weekend asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow the rule to proceed.