Mexican man pleads guilty to illegal re-Entry
Contact: Peter Deegan
A man who illegally re-entered the United States from Mexico pled guilty on June 18, 2010, in federal court in Sioux City.
Robert Benavides-Sanchez, age 40, from Sioux City, Iowa, was convicted of one count of illegal re-entry.
At the plea hearing, Benavides-Sanchez admitted he was an illegal alien from Mexico present in the United States without permission. He had been previously removed on July 7, 1997. On May 11, 2010, Benavides-Sanchez was arrested by the Dickinson County Sheriff’s Office and charged with domestic abuse.
Sentencing before United States District Court Judge Mark W. Bennett will be set after a presentence report is prepared. Benavides-Sanchez remains in custody of the United States Marshal pending sentencing. Benavides-Sanchez faces up to two years’ imprisonment, a fine of $250,000, a $100 special assessment, and up to 1 year 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-4035.
