Mexican National Pleads Guilty to Illegal Reentry as an Aggravated Felon in Iowa Federal Court, Faces Up to 20 Years
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Iowa announced that Jesus Diaz-Garcia, 49, a Mexican citizen who had been residing in Storm Lake, Iowa, pleaded guilty on November 13 in federal court in Sioux City to one count of being an aggravated felon found after illegal reentry.
At the plea hearing, Diaz-Garcia admitted that he illegally reentered the United States after being deported to Mexico on August 1, 2007. On September 12, 2026, he was arrested in Buena Vista County, Iowa, for public intoxication and provided multiple aliases to law enforcement. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers interviewed him the same day and determined he was illegally in the United States; he was then transferred to immigration officers, who confirmed his identity and that he had never sought permission to be legally present in the United States.
According to the Justice Department, Diaz-Garcia had previously been convicted in Lyon County, Minnesota, on two counts of criminal sexual conduct in the third degree involving minor victims. Those convictions are aggravated felonies.
Sentencing before U.S. District Court Judge Leonard T. Strand will be set after a presentence report is prepared. Diaz-Garcia remains in the custody of the U.S. Marshal and faces a possible maximum sentence of 20 years' imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, and three years of supervised release following any imprisonment. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Patrick T. Greenwood and was investigated by ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations as part of Operation Take Back America. The case file number is 26-CR-04055.
Source: U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Iowa
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Photo: 图：位于华盛顿特区的美国移民与海关执法局（ICE）总部大楼（联邦固定图库）；本案由 ICE 遣返执法部门调查，当事人无官方照片。 / Photo: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) headquarters building in Washington, D.C. (federal asset library); the case was investigated by ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations; no official photo of the individual is available.
