Repeat Offender Gets 30 Months in Federal Lockup

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Jacksonville, FL – Marcos Jimeniz-Gonzalez, 45, is headed back to a cell after a federal judge slapped him with 30 months in prison. The Mexican national pled guilty in December 2025 to illegally slipping back into the country after being booted out multiple times. His latest run-in with the law started back on April 13, 2025, when Jacksonville cops busted him for driving drunk and without a license.

Turns out, this wasn’t Jimeniz-Gonzalez’s first rodeo. Records show he’s been deported from the U.S. on at least four separate occasions between 2008 and 2020. He’d also previously been convicted of illegal entry and illegal reentry – twice. When local law enforcement ran his name, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) flagged him immediately. No permission to be here, period.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office alerted ICE, which quickly confirmed Jimeniz-Gonzalez was a Mexican citizen with no legal status. This wasn’t a simple border crossing; it was a calculated move by a repeat offender ignoring the law. Federal prosecutors weren’t interested in a slap on the wrist.

The case was handled by Assistant U.S. Attorney Chuck Griffith and investigated by ICE’s Removal Operations (ERO) unit. The feds are framing the conviction as part of “Operation Take Back America,” a broad initiative aimed at cracking down on illegal immigration and transnational criminal organizations. Whether that’s political spin or a genuine effort remains to be seen, but Jimeniz-Gonzalez is one less problem on the streets of Jacksonville, for now.