CEDAR RAPIDS — A Guatemalan man who was living in Webster City has pleaded guilty to illegally reentering the United States.

Jorvic Mendez-Mendez, 26, was sentenced to four months in prison Tuesday.

He received the sentence in U.S. District Court in Cedar Rapids after pleading guilty to one count of illegal reentry into the United States on Aug. 23.

The United States attorney’s office, Northern District of Iowa, stated that Mendez admitted that he had previously been deported from the U.S. in April 2012.

He later reentered the country without permission from the U.S. government.

In July 2018, the U.S. attorney’s office said Mendez was charged with driving while barred in Franklin County.

That’s when he was brought to the attention of immigration agents.

During his plea hearing, Mendez admitted he returned to the U.S. illegally in 2014.

Mendez must also serve a one-year term of supervised release once he completes his prison term.

The Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Enforcement and Removal Operations, investigated the case.