CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) -- A man who was in the country illegally pleaded guilty Thursday as part of the raid at a Kings Mountain manufacturing plant in June.

According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Western North Carolina, Jose De La Cruz-Lopez, a 43-year-old from Mexico, was charged with misusing a Social Security number and using false identification documents. He was one of eight people charged from the search warrant executed June 25 at Buckeye Fire Equipment Company by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the third to enter a guilty plea.

The operation, which involved more than a dozen local, state, and federal agencies, resulted in at least 30 people being detained.

According to plea documents and other court filings, De La Cruz-Lopez, who is not authorized to wo

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