A Mexican man who had previously been deported four times was sentenced on November 9, 2017, to five months in federal prison.
Eliceo Tecpile-Tzompaxtle, age 35, a native and citizen of Mexico illegally residing in New Vienna, Iowa, received the prison term after a Sept. 19, 2017, guilty plea to misuse of a Social Security Number and illegal reentry of a removed alien.
Tecpile-Tzompaxtle admitted he illegally reentered the United States without permission after having been deported from the United States in 2002, 2007, and twice in 2008. Tecpile-Tzompaxtle also admitted that after illegally returning to the United States, he used a fraudulent Social Security Number when he completed state and federal tax forms in December 2014 at a company in New Vienna, Iowa, where he unlawfully worked.
Tecpile-Tzompaxtle was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Judge Linda R. Reade. Tecpile-Tzompaxtle was sentenced to five months’ imprisonment. He must also serve a three-year term of supervised release after the prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.
Tecpile-Tzompaxtle is 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, 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 17-Cr-2063.
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Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
