Date: 08-30-2016

Case Style: United States of America v. Manuel Sanchez-Rojas

Case Number: 6:16-cr-02021-LTS

Judge: Leonard T. Strand

Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa

Plaintiff's Attorney: Daniel C. Tvedt

Defendant's Attorney: Jill M Johnston - FPD

Description: An Illegal Immigrant from Mexico Sentenced to Prison After Being Deported Five Times and Returning

A Mexican man who had previously been deported five times was sentenced today to more than three years in federal prison.

Manuel Sanchez-Rojas, 47, a citizen of Mexico who had been living in Waterloo, Iowa, received the prison term after a June 2, 2016, guilty plea to one count of illegal reentry of a removed alien after an aggravated felony conviction.

At the guilty plea, Sanchez-Rojas admitted he illegally reentered the United States without permission after having been deported from the United States in 1992, 1997, 2000, 2004, and 2005. Sanchez-Rojas was found by immigration authorities in Iowa on April 14, 2016, after Sanchez-Rojas had been arrested in Waterloo on a theft charge. After being arrested by immigration agents, Sanchez-Rojas threatened to return to the United States and shoot the agents. Sanchez-Rosa had previously been convicted 11 times in the United States, including convictions for assault with a deadly weapon, possession of a firearm, and burglary four times.

Sanchez-Rojas was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Judge Leonard T. Strand. Sanchez-Rojas was sentenced to 37 months’ imprisonment. A special assessment of $100 was imposed. He must also serve a three-year term of supervised release after the prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.

Outcome: Sanchez-Rojas was sentenced to 37 months’ imprisonment.

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