A 22-year-old illegal alien from Guatemala has been sentenced to 11 months in federal prison for conspiring with others to transport and encourage aliens to reside in the United States in violation of the law.
Ramon Perez, of Waucoma, Iowa, received the prison term after a guilty plea to one count of conspiracy to transport, encourage and induce aliens to reside in the United States in violation of law.
According to court documents, Perez conspired with others to encourage aliens to work and reside in Iowa in violation of the law. As part of the conspiracy, Perez brought aliens from Colorado to work and reside in Iowa, where he supervised their work constructing grain bins.
Perez was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Chief Judge Linda R. Reade. Perez must also serve a three-year term of supervised release after the prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.
Perez is currently being held in the United States Marshal’s custody until he can be transported to a federal prison.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Daniel C. Tvedt and investigated by the Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations.
Court file information is available at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl. The case file number is 14-CR-2039.
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Key Facts
- State: Iowa
- Category: Human Trafficking
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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