Mexican man pleads guilty to illegal re-Entry
Contact: Peter Deegan
A man who illegally re-entered the United States from Mexico after being deported for a felony conviction pled guilty on June 10, 2010, in federal court in Sioux City.
Ismael Guerrero-Ramirez, age 37, from Sioux City, Iowa, was convicted of one count of illegal re-entry as a felon.
At the plea hearing, Guerrero-Ramirez admitted he was an illegal alien present in the United States without permission. In May of 2010, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents received information that Guerrero-Ramirez was working at a Sioux City business under another name. When questioned, Guerrero-Ramirez admitted he was a citizen of Mexico with no right to be in the United States. In September of 2000, he was convicted of felony failure to appear with a suspended five-year sentence and deported.
Sentencing before United States District Court Judge Donald E. O’Brien will be set after a presentence report is prepared. Guerrero-Ramirez remains in custody of the United States Marshal pending sentencing. Guerrero-Ramirez faces up to 10 years’ imprisonment, a fine of $250,000, a $100 special assessment, and up to 3 years of supervised release.
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-4040.
