Carlos Egberto Jimenez-Tun, a citizen of Guatemala, was sentenced on April 22 to six months in prison for illegally reentering the United States after being deported, according to an announcement by David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut.
The sentencing highlights ongoing efforts by federal authorities to address unlawful immigration and related criminal activity. The case is part of Operation Take Back America, a nationwide initiative that aims to combat illegal immigration and target cartels and transnational criminal organizations.
Court documents show that Jimenez-Tun was first encountered by U.S. Border Patrol in Texas in April 2019 during a criminal alien smuggling investigation. He was deported to Guatemala in July 2019 but returned illegally and was apprehended again in September 2019 before being deported once more in November that year. Authorities said Jimenez-Tun later unlawfully reentered the country and between November 2023 and October 2025 faced multiple arrests and convictions in Connecticut Superior Court for offenses including larceny, failure to appear, interfering with arrest, resisting arrest, and violating probation.
Jimenez-Tun was arrested by ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations on January 16, 2026 after his release from state custody. He pleaded guilty to unlawful reentry on January 27, 2026 before U.S. District Judge Sarala V. Nagala imposed the sentence.
The matter is being investigated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Enforcement and Removal Operations with prosecution led by Assistant U.S. Attorney Neeraj N. Patel.
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