Honduran Pleads Guilty To Illegal Re-Entry
Contact: Peter Deegan
A man who illegally re-entered the United States from Honduras pled guilty on August 16, 2010, in federal court in Sioux City.
Jorge Solis-Pacheco, age 26, from Honduras, was convicted of one count of illegal
re-entry.
At the plea hearing, Solis-Pacheco admitted he had re-entered the United States illegally from Honduras after being deported on January 31, 2008.
Solis-Pacheco came into U.S. Immigration and Customs custody after being arrested in Carroll County, Iowa, for not having a driver’s license.
Sentencing before United States District Court Judge Mark W. Bennett will be set after a presentence report is prepared. Solis-Pacheco remains in custody of the United States Marshal pending sentencing. Solis-Pacheco faces a possible maximum sentence of 2 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a $100 special assessment, and up to 1 year of supervised release following any imprisonment.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Kevin C. Fletcher and was investigated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Court file information is available at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl. The case file number is 10-CR-3022.
