Mexican national sentenced in Wisconsin for illegally re-entering US

MADISON, Wis. — A convicted criminal from Mexico, who was previously deported from the United States, was sentenced Friday to one year in federal prison for illegally re-entering the United States, announced John W. Vaudreuil, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin.

This sentence resulted from an investigation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO).

Isaias Flores-Rosas, 45, a Mexican national, was sentenced Jan. 30 by U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to one year and one day in federal prison for illegally re-entering the United States after having been deported.  He pleaded guilty to this charge Nov. 17. 

Flores-Rosas was deported from the United States following his conviction for substantial battery in 2009 in Jefferson County, Wisconsin.  He illegally returned to the United States and was convicted of fourth degree sexual assault and false imprisonment in September 2013 in Jefferson County.  He was turned over to ICE following the completion of his prison sentence. 

Assistant U.S. Attorney Meredith Duchemin, Western District of Wisconsin, prosecuted the case.