Guatemalan National Sentenced to 27 Months in Prison for Illegally Reentering the U.S.

Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that JULIO BAYRON-ARRIOLA, 49, a citizen of Guatemala last residing in Stamford, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 27 months of imprisonment for illegally reentering the U.S. after being deported.

According to court documents and statements made in court, on six occasions between 2009 and 2020, Bayron-Arriola was encountered in the U.S. and subsequently removed to Guatemala.  During that time, he was charged federally and convicted in the District of Arizona three times:  In 2010, he was convicted of possession with intent to distribute marijuana, and in 2012 and 2017, he was convicted of illegal reentry.

On December 25, 2021, Bayron-Arriola was arrested by Stamford Police.  He was subsequently convicted of a state threatening offense.  On November 14, 2022, he pleaded guilty in federal court to illegal reentry.

Bayron-Arriola has been detained since his arrest.

The investigation was conducted by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, with the assistance of the Stamford Police Department.  The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Anastasia E. King.