Sente-Tevelan faces pending charges in Monroe County for driving while intoxicated; he already has a previous conviction in Jackson County for driving under the influence.
(Brandon Smith/IPB News)
A court appearance for one of the men detained by ICE agents in south central Indiana between April 29 and May 1 has been pushed back and he has been sent to another jail.
Manuel Sente-Tevelan was detained by ICE agents in Monroe County April 30. Sente-Tevelan faces pending charges in Monroe County for driving while intoxicated; he already has a previous conviction in Jackson County for driving under the influence.
He was scheduled to appear for a change of plea hearing in Monroe County Monday. According to the prosector’s office, his public defender told the court that Sente-Tevelan was in ICE custody and asked that the hearing be reset for May 29.
He was held by ICE at the Hopkins County, Ky., Jail until this morning, when he was transferred to the Oldham County, Ky., facility.
His public defender could not immediately be reached for comment.
He was taken to the Hopkins County ICE detention center, along with Neville (Aharon) Rosales and Jose Gomez-Iras. Both Rosales and Gomez- Iras are still at the Hopkins County Jail, according to its website.
On May 8, The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Indiana released a statement that an immigration and enforcement removal operation took place in Evansville and Bloomington between April 29 and May 1.
The statement said three men were arrested and charged federally “with unlawfully reentering the United States after previously being deported following immigration proceedings.”
The statement listed: Martin Cortez-Lopez, Jaime Ortiz-Guzman and Amin Reynosa-Diaz.
Cortez-Lopez and Ortiz-Guzman were arrested in Bloomington on April 29 and May 1.
Amin Reynosa-Diaz was arrested in Evansville on April 29.
WFIU/WTIU News has not been able to confirm where they are being held.
Cortez-Lopez appeared in U.S. District Court last week and waived his right to a detention hearing for the charge of illegal re-Entry. This means he'll be detained until the time of his trial, which his attorney said will be in a couple of months.
Jaime Ortiz-Guzman faces charges in Monroe County for causing serious bodily injury while operating a vehicle while intoxicated last year. He’s set to appear in Monroe County Court later this month. He does not have any other state or federal charges on record.
Monroe County GIS records show an address on South Rogers Street, purchased by Ortiz-Guzman in 2012.
