Illegal alien from El Salvador sentenced to prison after three previous deportations

RICHMOND, Va. – A Salvadoran national was sentenced today to three years in prison for illegally reentering the United States after a felony conviction.

According to court documents, Marvin Alberto Escobar, 44, illegally entering the United States and on July 31, 2006, in Richmond Circuit Court, he was convicted of possession of cocaine. Escobar was sentenced to three years in prison, with all three years suspended. On Jan. 16, 2008, Escobar was convicted again in Richmond Circuit Court of possession of cocaine and sentenced to five years in prison, with four years and 10 months suspended. On Feb. 27, 2009, pursuant to a final order of removal, Escobar was deported to El Salvador.

Escobar has illegally reentered the United States and has been convicted in federal court of illegal reentry after a felony conviction in 2017, 2019, and his latest conviction in the Eastern District of Virginia on June 29. Escobar remains subject to a prior order of removal.

Theophani K. Stamos, First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, and Robert Guadian, Field Office Director for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Washington, D.C., made the announcement after sentencing by Senior U.S. District Judge Robert E. Payne.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Patrick J. McGorman prosecuted the case.

Related court documents and information are located on the website of the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia or on PACER by searching for Case No. 3:25-cr-76.