Boxcutter-wielding janitor from 2025 Omaha immigration raid sentenced to 14 months

OMAHA — The Honduran janitor who waved a box cutter tool at federal agents during a high-profile immigration raid last year in Omaha was sentenced Friday to 14 months in prison.

Marvin Aleman Zepeda, 37, is to be deported to Honduras after he completes his sentence.

The sentence by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Robert Rossiter Jr. follows Aleman Zepeda’s jury trial conviction last December for resisting, impeding, interfering with or assaulting a federal officer.

Aleman Zepeda had been employed at Omaha’s Glenn Valley Foods since January 2024, according to court records, which said he had no criminal record prior to the conviction related to actions during the June 10 raid, which  was the largest immigration enforcement action in Nebraska since President Donald Trump took office a second time…

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