Crawford county man pleads guilty to illegally re-Entering U.S.
From Guatemala
Contact: Peter Deegan
A man who illegally re-entered the United States from Guatemala pled guilty on June 22, 2010, in federal court in Sioux City.
Rodolfo Lopez-Martinez, age 28, from Guatemala but living in Crawford County, Iowa, was convicted of one count of illegally re-entering the United States after being deported.
At the plea hearing, Lopez-Martinez admitted he was a citizen of Guatemala and had re-entered the United States in June of 2008 after being deported on May 23, 2008.
Sentencing before United States District Court Judge Mark W. Bennett will be set after a presentence report is prepared. Lopez-Martinez will remain in custody pending sentencing. Lopez-Martinez 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-04046.
