SIOUX CITY — A Honduran national with prior convictions for methamphetamine delivery and illegal reentry into the United States has been sentenced to federal prison after again unlawfully returning to the country, according to federal authorities.
Carlos Castro-Izaguirre, 37, was sentenced May 8, 2026, in federal court in Sioux City to 30 months in federal prison followed by two years of supervised release.
Castro-Izaguirre previously pleaded guilty on Oct. 21, 2025, to illegal reentry after deportation.
According to court records, the case began after Castro-Izaguirre was arrested May 19, 2024, in Buena Vista County, Iowa, for operating while intoxicated. Authorities said he was released before U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials could interview him.
A subsequent investigation determined Castro-Izaguirre was a citizen of Honduras who had previously been removed from the United States on two separate occasions. Officials confirmed his identity through the Alien Criminal Response Information Management System (ACRIME), which matched his fingerprints to prior immigration and criminal records.
Investigators found Castro-Izaguirre had previously been deported to Honduras in 2009 and again in 2019.
Before his first removal, Castro-Izaguirre was convicted in Cherokee County District Court in Iowa in 2007 for delivery of methamphetamine and sentenced to prison.
Federal authorities said Castro-Izaguirre never sought legal permission to reenter the United States following his deportations. He was found in Hidalgo, Texas, in 2017, where he was later convicted in federal court for illegal reentry and sentenced to federal prison before being deported again in 2019.
Authorities said Castro-Izaguirre reentered the United States at an unknown time after his second deportation.
United States District Court Judge Leonard T. Strand handed down the sentence. Because there is no parole in the federal system, Castro-Izaguirre will serve the prison sentence as ordered. He remains in the custody of the United States Marshals Service pending transfer to a federal prison.