Caught after law enforcement executed a search warrant at his residence for an immigration violation
A man who was illegally in the United States and possessed with intent to distribute methamphetamine was sentenced on Jan. 28, 2021, to 10 years in federal prison.
Emmanuel Nieto-Trenado, age 33, from Mexico and living in Milford, Iowa, received the prison term after a Sept. 17, 2020, guilty plea to one count of illegal re-entry and one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
In a plea agreement, Nieto-Trenado admitted that he is a citizen of Mexico and had been previously removed from the United States to Mexico in 2013. On Oct. 18, 2019, while law enforcement was executing the arrest warrant for defendant, officers located and ultimately seized over 11 ounces of methamphetamine along with drug paraphernalia, ammunition, and two firearms.
Nieto-Trenado was sentenced in Sioux City by United States District Court Chief Judge Leonard T. Strand. Nieto-Trenado was sentenced to 120 months’ imprisonment. He must also serve a 5-year term of supervised release after the prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.
Nieto-Trenado 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 Mikala Steenholdt and investigated by the Milford Police Department; the Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement; Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Enforcement and Removal Office of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Bureau.
Court file information at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl.
The case file number is 19-CR-4018.
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Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
