Illegal Alien Sentenced to Federal Prison for Illegal Reentry

On November 25, 2025, Carlos Zamudio-Hernandez, 43, from Mexico, was sentenced to 24 months' imprisonment. Zamudio-Hernandez pled guilty on September 10, 2025, to illegal re-entry of a previously removed alien, in federal court in Sioux City.

Evidence at the plea and sentencing hearings showed that Zamudio-Hernandez is a citizen of Mexico. Zamudio-Hernandez was previously deported from the United States in September 2020, after serving a 10-year term in federal prison for methamphetamine trafficking. Zamudio-Hernandez admitted that he illegally reentered the United States and was later found in the United States in November 2024 in Twin Falls, Idaho, then in June 2025 in California.

Sentencing was held before United States District Court Judge Leonard T. Strand. Zamudio-Hernandez was sentenced to 24 months' imprisonment and must serve a three-year term of supervised release following imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. Zamudio-Hernandez remains in custody of the United States Marshal until he can be transported to a federal prison.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Shawn S. Wehde and was investigated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Court file information at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl.

The case file number is 25-4049. Follow us on X @USAO_NDIA.