RAPID CITY, S.D. – A Mexican man arrested in Meade County was sentenced this week in federal court.
Celso Diaz-Martinez, 52, was sentenced to time served and ordered to be removed from the United States after earlier being convicted of Illegal Reentry after Deportation.
Diaz-Martinez was indicted by a federal grand jury in November 2024. He was found guilty following a federal jury trial on February 18, 2025.
The evidence at trial established Diaz-Martinez is not a U.S. citizen and had been deported from the United States on four prior occasions. Diaz-Martinez was found in Meade County, South Dakota, in November 2024.
This case was investigated by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Meade County Sheriff’s Office. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Anna Lindrooth and Benjamin Schroeder prosecuted the case.
Diaz-Martinez was immediately remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service.
