CHARLES CITY – A Guatemalan man living in Charles City has been sentenced to prison for illegally reentering the United States.
A man who illegally returned to the United States after being deported was sentenced today to more than two months in federal prison.
Gumersindo Ventura-Diaz, age 31, a citizen of Guatemala illegally present in the United States and residing in Charles City, Iowa, received the prison term after an April 22, 2019, guilty plea to one count of illegal reentry into the United States.
At the guilty plea, Ventura-Diaz admitted he had previously been deported from the United States in November 2012 and illegally reentered the United States without the permission of the United States government. Ventura-Diaz was found by immigration agents in March 2019 after he was charged in Floyd County, Iowa, with driving without a license.
Ventura-Diaz was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court C.J. Williams. Ventura-Diaz was sentenced to 71 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.
Ventura-Diaz is being held in the United States Marshal’s custody until he can be turned over to immigration officials.
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.
