Press Release
Citizen of El Salvador with Criminal History Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison for Illegally Reentering U.S.
For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Connecticut
John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that WALTER ARNULFO GUZMAN RIVAS, 39, a citizen of El Salvador last residing in Stamford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 24 months of imprisonment for illegally reentering the U.S. after being deported.
According to court documents and statements made in court, in July 2005, Guzman Rivas was deported from the U.S. to El Salvador after being convicted in Texas of three counts of assault on a family member. He illegally reentered the U.S. and, in 2006, was convicted in Kentucky of four counts of robbery in the second degree, for which he was sentenced to 10-years of incarceration. He was again deported to El Salvador in July 2009.
On April 11, 2018, Guzman Rivas was arrested by the Stamford Police Department and charged with sex assault, risk of injury and illegal sexual contact offenses. He was subsequently convicted of risk of injury to a child and, on May 8, 2019, was sentenced to five years of incarceration, suspended.
On April 11, 2019, Guzman Rivas pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of reentry of a removed alien.
Guzman Rivas has been detained since his state arrest.
This investigation was conducted by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Deborah R. Slater.
Updated September 24, 2019
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Immigration
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