Motion: Neosho man with four DWIs should remain jailed while awaiting trial for 4th illegal entry into U. S.

The U. S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri wants Amilcar Alonzo-Atjun to remain behind bars while awaiting trial and you can't blame him.

Alonzo-Atjun, 47, Neosho, has been charged with illegally reentering the United States for a fourth time in the past seven years.

If that was not enough to keep the Neosho resident behind bars, the government has another reason- on July 14, he was convicted in Newton County Circuit Court of driving while intoxicated, the fourth time he has been found guilty of that offense.


The government's detention motion was filed today in federal court:

On June 2, 2011, the defendant was ordered deported from the United States to Mexico. Within just a few months, the defendant illegally re-entered the United States and was deported on October 7, 2011. 

On May 24, 2012, the defendant was deported for a third time from the United States. Most recently, the defendant was deported for a fourth time from the United States on April 12, 2013. 

Regarding the danger this defendant poses to the community, after illegally re-entering the United States, the Government notes the following from the defendant’s criminal history: 

a. On December 10, 1998, the defendant was convicted of driving under the influence, in the City of Neosho Municipal Court, Missouri. 

b. On December 22, 1998, the defendant was convicted of driving under the influence, in the City of Neosho Municipal Court, Missouri.

c. On February 19, 2009, the defendant was convicted of driving under the influence, in the City of Neosho Municipal Court, Missouri. 

d. On July 14, 2018, the defendant was convicted of driving under the influence, in the 40th Judicial Circuit Court, Newton County, Missouri. 

Finally, the evidence of the defendant’s guilt is overwhelming, as he has confessed to illegally re-entering the United States. Based upon the foregoing, the United States submits that there is clear and convincing evidence that the defendant poses a danger to the community, and a preponderance of the evidence indicates that there are no conditions the Court could impose that would reasonably assure the defendant’s presence at trial. The Government therefore respectfully requests that a detention hearing be held, and that the defendant be detained pending trial of this matter.