Jorge Gonzalez-Juarez, Illegal Reentry, Iowa 2018

A Mexican man who illegally returned to the United States after being deported four times has been sentenced to 33 months in federal prison.

Jorge Gonzalez-Juarez, 33, a citizen of Mexico illegally present in the United States and residing in Eagle Grove, Iowa, received the prison term after a September 26, 2018 guilty plea to one count of illegal reentry into the United States after two prior felony convictions.

Gonzalez-Juarez also received a prison term for violating the conditions of supervised release imposed on a conviction in the Western District of Texas in 2015 for illegal reentry.

At the guilty plea, Gonzalez-Juarez admitted he had previously been deported from the United States on August 27, 2008, October 14, 2009, December 2, 2014, and October 18, 2016, and illegally reentered the United States in 2016 without the permission of the United States government.

This was Gonzalez-Juarez’s third felony conviction for illegal reentry into the United States. Gonzalez-Juarez was also convicted of illegal entry into the United States in 2014 in the Northern District of Iowa and in 2015 in the Western District of Texas.

Gonzalez-Juarez has also been convicted in Iowa of operating while intoxicated (OWI) in 2006, possession of methamphetamine under an alias name in 2007, criminal mischief in 2008, and fifth degree theft under an alias name in 2009.

Gonzalez-Juarez was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Judge C.J. Williams. Gonzalez-Juarez was sentenced to 21 months’ imprisonment on the illegal reentry conviction and 12 months’ imprisonment for violating the term of supervised release imposed on the conviction in the Western District of Texas.

He must also serve a three-year term of supervised release after the prison term on the new conviction for illegal reentry. There is no parole in the federal system.

Gonzalez-Juarez is being held in the United States Marshal’s custody until he can be transported to a federal prison.

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