Cedar Rapids, IA – A man who brazenly defied US law and possessed two firearms while being illegally present in the country has been sentenced to 27 months in federal prison.
Pedro Salazar-Trejo, 34, a citizen of Mexico, received the prison term after pleading guilty on October 4, 2021, to one count of Possession of a Firearm by an Illegal Alien. The sentence was handed down by United States District Court Judge C.J. Williams.
According to court records, Salazar-Trejo had been deported three times prior to his latest arrest. His first deportation occurred in May 2014, followed by a second in December 2017, and a third in September 2019. During his time in the US, Salazar-Trejo was convicted of forgery of government documents and fleeing the scene of an accident.
On July 22, 2021, Cedar Rapids Police Officers responded to a local hotel after Salazar-Trejo called them saying someone was going to kill him and had planted a bomb in his hotel room. Inside the hotel room, officers found a 9mm pistol and a semi-automatic rifle with a high-capacity magazine, both of which were loaded and had a round in the chamber.
Salazar-Trejo was taken into custody without incident and is currently being held in the United States Marshal’s custody until he can be transported to a federal prison. In addition to his 27-month prison term, he must also serve a three-year term of supervised release after his imprisonment.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Daniel C. Tvedt and investigated by the Cedar Rapids Police Department and the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Enforcement and Removal Operations.
The case file number is 21-CR-48, and court file information can be found at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl.
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Key Facts
- State: Iowa
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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