Mexican national sentenced on immigration charges
Jan. 21, 2008; 1 p.m.

Press release submitted by U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa:

Davenport, IA -- On January 18, 2008, Ezequiel Oronia-Vera, 31, of Mexico, was sentenced to 1 day imprisonment for fraud and misuse of documents (Count 1) and 24 months imprisonment for aggravated identity theft (Count 3), with the latter sentence to run consecutive to the sentence on Count 1, announced United States Attorney Matthew G. Whitaker.

United States District Judge John A. Jarvey also ordered Oronia-Vera to serve a three year term of supervised release following his incarceration, and ordered him to pay an assessment of $100 to the Crime Victim Fund.

Oronia-Vera had earlier pled guilty to misuse of documents and was found guilty on aggravated identify theft following a bench trail. This investigation was conducted by the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The case was prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa.

Comments

3 comments on this article
Posted by Citizen from Quad Cities at 1:14PM on Monday, 1/21/08

Now send him back to Mexico.
Posted by motown at 2:11PM on Monday, 1/21/08

I don't get it. Was he deported? Will he be? What's the deal?
Posted by Ed Weirdness at 2:56PM on Monday, 1/21/08

One would assume that Oronia-Vera would be deported following completion of his jail sentence. Why would a Judge order 3 years supervised release? It makes no sense to keep an illegal alien in the United States simply to complete his probation.

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