A man who illegally re-entered the United States from Mexico was sentenced on October 12, 2011, to 83 days’ in federal prison.

JOSE REAL-LEPE, age 28, from Mexico, received the prison term after an August 23, 2011, guilty plea to one count of illegal re-entry.

At the guilty plea, REAL-LEPE admitted he had been deported from the United States on July 23, 2008. REAL-LEPE was encountered by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) on July 5, 2011, after his arrest in Woodbury County, Iowa, for driving without a license.

REAL-LEPE was sentenced in Sioux City by United States District Court Judge Donald E. O’Brien. REAL-LEPE was sentenced to 83 days’ imprisonment. He must also serve a one year term of supervised release after the prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.

REAL-LEPE is being held in the United States Marshal’s custody until he can be transported to a federal prison.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Kevin C. Fletcher and investigated by HSI and the Enforcement and Removal Office of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Bureau.

Court file information is available at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl. The case file number is CR11-4103.

 

 

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