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Honduran Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Illegally Reentering the United States as a Felon

For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Iowa
Came to the attention of federal authorities after arrest for third degree sexual abuse

A man entered the United States illegally from Honduras was sentenced on February 6, 2019, to five months’ in prison.

Walter Redondo-Amador, age 23, from Honduras, received the sentence after a November 13, 2018, guilty plea to one count of illegal re-entry after a felony conviction.

At the guilty plea, Redondo-Amador admitted he had illegally entered the United States from Honduras after being deported for a conviction of delivery of marijuana in 2014, in Wright County, Iowa.  On July 13, 2018, Redondo-Amador was arrested for third degree sexual abuse in Humboldt County.    

Redondo-Amador was sentenced in Sioux City by United States District Court Judge Leonard T. Strand.  Redondo-Amador was sentenced to five months’ imprisonment. He must also serve a 2-year term of supervised release after the prison term. 

Redondo-Amador 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 Enforcement and Removal Office of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Bureau.

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

The case file number is 18-CR-03050.

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Updated February 8, 2019

Topic
Immigration