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April 23, 2021
Davenport, Ia- A Mexican man has been sentenced in US District Court on multiple charges.
On Wednesday, April 21, 2021, US District Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose sentenced 30-year-old Ismael Salazar Montes, of Nogales Sonora, Mexico, to 160 months in prison for Illegal Reentry, Possession with Intent to Distribute Controlled Substances, and Illegal Alien in Possession of Firearm and Ammunition.
The investigation began in October 2019, when law enforcement stopped Salazar Montes’s vehicle in Mount Pleasant.
After stopping the vehicle, a police dog alerted officers to the presence of narcotics. As officers searched the vehicle, Salazar Montes admitted he had a handgun in his suitcase. Officers searched the suitcase and located an unloaded, nine-millimeter Ruger handgun. Salazar Montes admitted he did not have a permit for the firearm and knew he could not lawfully possess the firearm because he was not legally present in the United States.