CEDAR RAPIDS - An illegal alien living in Waterloo has been sentenced to 26 months in federal prison for using the Social Security number of a deceased infant.

Mexican national Mariano Medina-Valencia, 31, received the prison term after pleading guilty to charges of making a false statement in an application for a U.S. passport and for aggravated identity theft.

Federal prosecutors said Medina-Valencia entered the U.S. illegally and, beginning in 1993, identified himself using the name and birth certificate of a deceased infant to obtain a passport and a California driver's license.

He must serve three years' supervised release after the prison term.