Casiano Meza-Cadenas, a Mexican national with prior deportations and convictions in the U.S., was sentenced on Wednesday to 33 months in prison for illegally reentering the country after deportation. He will also serve three years of supervised release, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Meza-Cadenas has been deported multiple times in 2004, 2008, 2018, and 2019. He has five firearms-related convictions, including a 2016 conviction for battery with substantial bodily harm after shooting two people. He served a state sentence for possession of a firearm by a prohibited person before being taken into immigration custody in 2024. In 2018, he pleaded guilty to one count of "Deported Alien Found in the United States" in the Southern District of California, his second conviction for this offense. Chief United States District Judge Andrew P. Gordon presided over his latest case, as reported by the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
United States Attorney Sigal Chattah for the District of Nevada and Michael Bernacke, Salt Lake City Field Office Director, announced the sentencing in a case investigated by ICE’s Salt Lake City and Las Vegas Sub-Offices. The Las Vegas Sub-Office led the investigation, and the District of Nevada’s U.S. Attorney’s Office handled the prosecution. The public can report crimes or suspicious activities by calling 866-DHS-2-ICE (866-347-2423) or submitting tips online.
