Guatemalan Man Sentenced to Prison for Illegally Reentering the United States after Being Deported Twice

A man who illegally returned to the United States after being deported two times was sentenced today to six months in federal prison.

Jacinto Chavez-Brito, age 31, a citizen of Guatemala illegally present in the United States and residing in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, received the prison term after a guilty plea today to one count of illegal reentry into the United States.

At the guilty plea, Chavez-Brito admitted he had previously been deported from the United States and illegally reentered the United States without the permission of the United States government.  Chavez-Brito was first deported in August 2007.  He was also deported in July 2014 following a conviction in the District of New Mexico for illegal reentry.  Chavez-Brito most recently came to the attention of immigration agents following his arrest on March 8, 2020, in Linn County, Iowa, on state charges that were later dismissed.

Chavez-Brito was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Judge C.J. Williams.  Chavez-Brito was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment.  He must also serve a three-year term of supervised release after the prison term.  There is no parole in the federal system.

Chavez-Brito 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 Daniel C. Tvedt and investigated by Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Enforcement and Removal Operations.

Court file information at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl. 

The case file number is 20-CR-33.

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