Arturo Reyna-Araujo (pictured at top), age 31, a citizen of Mexico illegally present in the United States and residing in Postville, Iowa, received the prison term after a September 12, 2024, guilty plea to one count of illegal reentry into the United States after having been deported.
At the guilty plea, Reyna-Araujo admitted he had previously been deported from the United States and illegally reentered the United States without the permission of the United States government. Reyna-Araujo was previously deported in February 2016. On June 22, 2024, immigration officials learned Reyna-Araujo had illegally returned to the United States following Reyna-Araujo’s arrest in Allamakee County on state charges. Reyna-Araujo was previously convicted in 2015 in the Clayton County, Iowa of falsifying public documents, a felony.
Reyna-Araujo was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Chief Judge C.J. Williams. Reyna-Araujo 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.
Reyna-Araujo 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 the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Enforcement and Removal Operations.
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I bet if they cut off a hand and a foot he wouldn’t want to come back to work again