Central American Man Sentenced to Prison for Illegally Reentering the United States After Being Deported

A man who illegally returned to the United States after being deported was sentenced today to five months in federal prison.

Luis Montiel-Rincon, age 29, a citizen of Mexico illegally present in the United States and residing in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, received the prison term after a November 30, 2023, guilty plea to one count of illegal reentry into the United States after having been deported.

At the guilty plea, Montiel-Rincon admitted he had previously been deported from the United States and illegally reentered the United States without the permission of the United States government.  Montiel-Rincon was previously deported in April 2015.  On October 10, 2023, immigration officials learned Montiel-Rincon had illegally returned to the United States and found Montiel-Rincon at the Linn County Jail following his arrest on state charges for eluding. 

In November 2023, Montiel-Rincon was convicted in the Iowa District Court for Linn County of eluding.  In that case, Montiel-Rincon eluded officers in August 2023 and willfully failed to bring his motorcycle to a stop while reaching speeds of up to 101 mph in a 30-mph zone.  Montiel-Rincon was also convicted in the Iowa District Court for Linn County in November 2023 for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated from an incident occurring in July 2023. 

Montiel-Rincon was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Chief Judge C.J. Williams.  Montiel-Rincon was sentenced to 148 days’ imprisonment.  He must also serve a one-year term of supervised release after the prison term.  There is no parole in the federal system.

Montiel-Rincon is being held in the United States Marshal’s custody until he can be turned over to immigration officials.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Daniel C. Tvedt and investigated by the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Enforcement and Removal Operations.

Court file information at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl. 

The case file number is 23-CR-83.

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