Timothy T. Duax U.S. Attorney | U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa
A Mexican citizen living in North Buena Vista, Iowa, was sentenced to eight months in federal prison for illegally reentering the United States after being deported multiple times. Mario Uribe-Rodriguez, 33, pleaded guilty on May 8, 2025, to one count of illegal reentry following a felony conviction.
According to court records, Uribe-Rodriguez admitted that he had previously been deported and returned to the U.S. without government permission. He was deported in 2012, 2014, and 2018. Immigration officials encountered him again on April 9, 2025, in Dubuque, Iowa. At that time, he had been summoned to state court for a fifth-degree theft charge in Dubuque County.
This is Uribe-Rodriguez’s fourth federal conviction related to illegal immigration. In 2012, he was convicted of illegal entry in the Western District of Texas and served ten days in jail before being deported. In 2014, he was convicted of eluding examination by immigration officers in Arizona and served seventy-five days before deportation. In 2018, he was convicted of illegal reentry into the United States—a felony—in Texas and served seventy-seven days prior to another deportation.
United States District Court Chief Judge C.J. Williams handed down the sentence in Cedar Rapids: eight months’ imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release. There is no parole available under federal law.
"This case is part of Operation Take Back America (https://www.justice.gov/dag/media/1393746/dl?inline) a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. Operation Take Back America streamlines efforts and resources from the Department’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETFs) and Project Safe Neighborhood (PSN)."
Assistant United States Attorney Anthony Morfitt prosecuted this case after an investigation by Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement Enforcement and Removal Operations.
