Illegal Alien with 17 Prior Removals and Aggravated Sexual Assault Conviction Sentenced to 90 Months in Federal Prison

An illegal alien from Mexico, removed from the United States 17 times and convicted of aggravated sexual assault, was sentenced to 90 months in federal prison for illegally reentering the United States, announced United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Ryan Raybould. Cesar Carapia-Hernandez, 42, was indicted in July 2024 and pled guilty in September 2025 to illegally reentering the United States after he was last deported by immigration authorities in 2022. He was sentenced on Thursday, February 5, 2026, to 90 months in federal prison by United States Senior District Judge Jane Boyle. Evidence presented at sentencing highlighted Carapia-Hernandez’s extensive immigration and criminal history. Carapia-Hernandez illegally entered the United States approximately 17 times, was granted voluntary return to Mexico on 11 occasions, and was formally removed six times. He was federally prosecuted three times for illegal entry into the United States and three times for illegal reentry into the United States. According to the information presented in court,in 2024, Carapia-Hernandez was convicted of aggravated sexual assault after he forcibly entered a victim’s home, assaulted her at knifepoint, and threatened to return and kill her and her child if she alerted law enforcement. He was sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment for that offense. U.S. Senior District Judge Boyle ordered Carapia-Hernandez’s state and federal sentences to run consecutively.