Mexican Man Sentenced To Federal Prison For Illegal Re-Entry As An Aggravated Felon
Contact: Peter Deegan
A man who illegally re-entered the United States from Mexico was sentenced on September 8, 2011, to 24 months in federal prison.
Venancio Sanchez-Reyes, age 43, from Mexico, received the prison term after a June 14, 2011, guilty plea to one count of illegal re-entry as an aggravated felon.
At the guilty plea, Sanchez-Reyes admitted he was deported from the United States on May 31, 2006. Sanchez-Reyes came into Homeland Security Investigations’ (HSI) custody on April 25, 2011, while incarcerated in Woodbury County, Iowa, for no driver’s license. Sanchez-Reyes was previously convicted on March 13, 2006, of possession with intent to distribute 150 lbs. of marijuana in Utah.
Sanchez-Reyes was sentenced in Sioux City by United States District Court Judge Mark W. Bennett. Sanchez-Reyes was sentenced to 24 months’ imprisonment. A special assessment of $100 was imposed, and he must also serve a 2 year term of supervised release after the prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.
Sanchez-Reyes 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 CR11-4069.
