Previously deported Mexican man sentenced in Kansas City to more than 10 years in federal prison for drug smuggling, illegal re-entry

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A previously deported Mexican national was sentenced to more than 10 years in federal prison Tuesday for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine and illegally re-entering the United States after having been deported.

This sentence was announced by U.S. Attorney Tammy Dickinson, Western District of Missouri.  This sentence resulted from an investigation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Social Security Administration’s Office of Inspector General, and the Kansas City (Missouri) Police Department.

Bardomiano Jungo, 36, was sentenced Jan. 27 by U.S. District Judge Gary A. Fenner to 121 months in federal prison without parole.

On March 26, 2013, a law enforcement officer encountered co-defendant Jose Angel Loaiza, 27, of Lamirada, California, at the Greyhound bus station in Kansas City. Loaiza was carrying three bundles containing about 1.4 kilograms (3 pounds) of pure methamphetamine inside a red backpack. While the officer was speaking to Loaiza, his cell phone rang and he answered in Spanish, “I’m here.”

The officer who arrested Loaiza told the other officers that someone was probably waiting in the parking lot to pick up Loaiza. Officers observed Jungo waiting in a Ford Explorer who then started driving out of the parking lot without picking anyone up. An officer stopped Jungo and began to question him; Jungo’s cell phone rang and displayed the same telephone number that had called Loaiza a few minutes earlier.

Jungo identified himself under a false name and showed law enforcement officers a Kansas driver’s license and Social Security card with that name. That Social Security number, however, belongs to a resident of Inglewood, California.

Jungo was previously deported March 20, 2002 following his conviction for possessing a controlled substance with intent to distribute. Jungo admitted that he was illegally residing in the United States. Anyone who re-enters the United States after having been previously deported commits a felony punishable by up to 20 years in federal prison, if convicted.

Loaiza was sentenced to seven years and three months in federal prison without parole after pleading guilty to his role in the conspiracy.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Justin Davids and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Trey Alford, Western District of Missouri, prosecuted this case.