Andres Jacome Rodriguez, Illegal Reentry, Connecticut 2024

A 42-year-old Mexican citizen residing in Danbury, Connecticut, has been sentenced to 22 months in prison for violating U.S. immigration laws. Andres Jacome Rodriguez, as he is known to authorities, was handed the sentence by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven, Connecticut.

According to court documents and statements made in court, Jacome Rodriguez has used multiple names, dates of birth, and two false social security numbers while residing in the U.S. over the course of approximately 20 years. During that time, he sustained multiple convictions in four separate states.

Jacome Rodriguez was first deported to Mexico on October 3, 2017, following a larceny conviction in Danbury Superior Court. However, he was apprehended by U.S. Border Patrol in Brownsville, Texas, just six days later. He was subsequently prosecuted and convicted in the Southern District of Texas for unlawful presence of a removed alien, and was sentenced to 163 days of imprisonment, time served, and three years of supervised release. He was again deported to Mexico on March 21, 2018.

In January 2019, Jacome Rodriguez was arrested by the Danbury Police and charged with assault in the third degree, disorderly conduct, risk of injury to a child, cruelty to animals, and possession of a controlled substance. He has been detained since his arrest.

On July 16, 2019, a federal grand jury in New Haven returned an indictment charging Jacome Rodriguez with illegal reentry by a removed alien. On November 8, 2019, he pleaded guilty to the offense. The violation of supervised release matter was transferred from the Southern District of Texas to the District of Connecticut for further prosecution, and Jacome Rodriguez admitted to the violation during today’s court proceeding.

Judge Meyer sentenced Jacome Rodriguez to 18 months of imprisonment for illegally reentering the U.S., and a consecutive four months of imprisonment for violating the conditions of his supervised release.

This investigation was conducted by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Deborah R. Slater.

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