Honduran national sentenced for illegal reentry into the US

TAMPA, Fla. – An investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has led to Jonathan Javier Godoy-Pivaral, 29, an illegal alien from Honduras who was previously deported from the United States, being sentenced to more than five months in prison for illegally reentering the U.S. Godoy-Pivaral pleaded guilty on Nov. 6, 2024.

According to court documents, Godoy-Pivaral was removed from the U.S on Feb. 26, 2018. He later unlawfully reentered the U.S. and was arrested for burglary on June 19, 2024, in Hillsborough County, Fla.

This case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Lindsey Schmidt and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Wheeler, III.