Mexican man sentenced to prison in South Bend for illegally reentering U.S.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- A United States District Court judge sentenced a Mexican man to 40 months in prison after he was caught reentering the United States three different times after being removed to Mexico.

Forty-one-year-old Jonathan Medina-Flores was sentenced Thursday after pleading guilty for his illegal reentry to the United States

According to documents in the case, Medina-Flores was previously convicted in St. Joseph County of felony possession of cocaine in 2006.

"Thereafter he was removed to Mexico in 2007, 2014 and 2015 but illegally reentered the United States after each removal," authorities said. "Medina-Flores was most recently discovered in the United States in May 2023 in St. Joseph County. His criminal history includes conviction for multiple felonies in St. Joseph and Elkhart Counties."