CEDAR RAPIDS – An Guatemalen illegal alien who returned to the United States after being deported twice and then was caught in Iowa was sentenced to eight months in federal prison.
Jose Cruz-Medio, age 48, a citizen of Guatemala illegally present in the United States and residing in Postville, Iowa, received the prison term after a December 4, 2019, guilty plea to one count of illegal reentry into the United States.
At the guilty plea, Cruz-Medio admitted he had previously been deported from the United States and illegally reentered the United States without the permission of the United States government. Cruz-Medio was deported in September 2009 and November 2013.
Cruz-Medio’s second deportation was subsequent to a September 2013 conviction in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa for illegal reentry of a deported alien, a felony. Cruz-Medio also has a prior conviction in Wright County, Iowa, in 2009 for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Cruz-Medio most recently came to the attention of immigration agents in September 2019 following his arrest in Allamakee County, Iowa, for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. This case is still pending.
Cruz-Medio was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Judge C.J. Williams. Cruz-Medio 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.
Cruz-Medio is being held in the United States Marshal’s custody until he can be transported to a federal prison.
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No entiendo porque soy estúpido. termination, so tax payers don’t have to support this worthless illegal.