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Date: 12-06-2022

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United States of America v. Gasper Cedillo-Cobo

Case Number: 22-cr-79

Judge: C.J. Williams

Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa (Linn County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office

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Gaspar Cedillo-Cobo, age 23, a citizen of Guatemala illegally present in the United States and residing in Galena, Illinois, received the prison term after an October 11, 2022 guilty plea to one count of illegal reentry into the United States after having been deported. 

At the guilty plea, Cedillo-Cobo admitted he had previously been deported from the United States and illegally reentered the United States without the permission of the United States government. Cedillo-Cobo was deported in March 2018 following his conviction in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas for illegal entry into the United States. On September 8, 2022, immigration officials learned Cedillo-Cobo had illegally returned to the United States and found Cedillo-Cobo at the Jones County, Iowa, jail following his arrest on state charges.

Cedillo-Cobo was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Judge C.J. Williams. Cedillo-Cobo was sentenced to 75 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.

Cedillo-Cobo 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.

§ 1326. Reentry of removed aliens
(a) In general
Subject to subsection (b), any alien who—
(1) has been denied admission, excluded, de-
ported, or removed or has departed the United
States while an order of exclusion, deporta-
tion, or removal is outstanding, and thereafter
(2) enters, attempts to enter, or is at any
time found in, the United States, unless (A)
prior to his reembarkation at a place outside
the United States or his application for admis-
sion from foreign contiguous territory, the At-
torney General has expressly consented to
such alien’s reapplying for admission; or (B)
with respect to an alien previously denied ad-
mission and removed, unless such alien shall
establish that he was not required to obtain
such advance consent under this chapter or
any prior Act,
shall be fined under title 18, or imprisoned not
more than 2 years, or both.
(b) Criminal penalties for reentry of certain re-
moved aliens
Notwithstanding subsection (a), in the case of
any alien described in such subsection—
(1) whose removal was subsequent to a con-
viction for commission of three or more mis-
demeanors involving drugs, crimes against the
person, or both, or a felony (other than an ag-
gravated felony), such alien shall be fined
under title 18, imprisoned not more than 10
years, or both;
(2) whose removal was subsequent to a con-
viction for commission of an aggravated fel-
ony, such alien shall be fined under such title,
imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both;
(3) who has been excluded from the United
States pursuant to section 1225(c) of this title
because the alien was excludable under section
1182(a)(3)(B) of this title or who has been re-
moved from the United States pursuant to the
provisions of subchapter V, and who there-
after, without the permission of the Attorney
General, enters the United States, or attempts
to do so, shall be fined under title 18 and im-
prisoned for a period of 10 years, which sen-
tence shall not run concurrently with any
other sentence.1 or
(4) who was removed from the United States
pursuant to section 1231(a)(4)(B) of this title
who thereafter, without the permission of the
Attorney General, enters, attempts to enter,
or is at any time found in, the United States
(unless the Attorney General has expressly
consented to such alien’s reentry) shall be
fined under title 18, imprisoned for not more
than 10 years, or both.
For the purposes of this subsection, the term
‘‘removal’’ includes any agreement in which an
alien stipulates to removal during (or not dur-
ing) a criminal trial under either Federal or
State law.
(c) Reentry of alien deported prior to completion
of term of imprisonment
Any alien deported pursuant to section
1252(h)(2) 2 of this title who enters, attempts to
enter, or is at any time found in, the United
States (unless the Attorney General has ex-
pressly consented to such alien’s reentry) shall
be incarcerated for the remainder of the sen-
tence of imprisonment which was pending at the
time of deportation without any reduction for
parole or supervised release. Such alien shall be
subject to such other penalties relating to the
reentry of deported aliens as may be available
under this section or any other provision of law.
(d) Limitation on collateral attack on underlying
deportation order
In a criminal proceeding under this section, an
alien may not challenge the validity of the de-
portation order described in subsection (a)(1) or
subsection (b) unless the alien demonstrates
that—
(1) the alien exhausted any administrative
remedies that may have been available to seek
relief against the order;
(2) the deportation proceedings at which the
order was issued improperly deprived the alien
of the opportunity for judicial review; and
(3) the entry of the order was fundamentally
unfair.

Outcome: Time served (75 days). 1 year supervised release. $100 special assessment (remitted).

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