Mexican Man Sentenced to Eight Months in Prison for Illegally Reentering the United States After Being Deported

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

Mario Uribe-Rodriguez, age 33, a citizen of Mexico illegally present in the United States and residing in North Buena Vista, Iowa, received the prison term after a May 8, 2025, guilty plea to one count of illegal reentry into the United States after having been deported following a conviction for a felony offense. 

At the guilty plea, Uribe-Rodriguez admitted he had previously been deported from the United States and illegally reentered the United States without the permission of the United States government.  Uribe-Rodriguez was previously deported in 2012, 2014, and 2018.  On April 9, 2025, immigration officials encountered Uribe-Rodriguez in Dubuque, Iowa, after he had been summoned to state court for a charge of theft, fifth degree, in Dubuque County.  

This conviction was Uribe-Rodriguez’s fourth federal conviction for a crime related to illegal immigration.  In 2012, he was convicted of illegal entry in the Western District of Texas and deported after serving 10 days in jail.  In 2014, he was convicted of eluding examination by immigration officers in the District of Arizona and deported after serving 75 days in jail.  In 2018, he was convicted of illegal reentry into the United States in the Western District of Texas, a felony offense, and deported after serving 77 days in jail.  

Uribe-Rodriguez was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Chief Judge C.J. Williams.  He was sentenced to eight 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.

This case is part of Operation Take Back America (https://www.justice.gov/dag/media/1393746/dl?inline) a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. Operation Take Back America streamlines efforts and resources from the Department’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETFs) and Project Safe Neighborhood (PSN).

The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Anthony Morfitt and investigated by the 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 25-cr-1017.

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