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

By: Cindy Gonzalez

Outlets: Nebraska Examiner

Published: March 14, 2026

Words: 469

Last Updated: 4 months, 3 weeks ago

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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.

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