A man from Guatemala who illegally returned to the U.S. was sentenced to three months in federal prison on May 21.

Juan Bernal-Brito, 27, was given the prison term after pleading guilty on April 5 to one count of illegal reentry into the United States.

Bernal-Brito admitted during his guilty plea that he was deported from the U.S. on February 8, 2013, and illegally reentered the U.S. without permission from the government afterward.

Bernal-Brito was found by immigration officers during a traffic stop in Cedar Rapids on February 14, 2018. He said he reentered the U.S. illegally on December 10, 2017.

Bernal-Brito was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Judge Linda R. Reade.

Bernal-Brito must serve a one year term of supervised release after 84 days in prison.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Daniel C. Tvedt and investigated by the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Enforcement and Removal Operations.