Dominican National Pleads Guilty to Illegal Reentry after Deportation

BOSTON - A Dominican national pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to illegally reentering the United States after being deported.

Rafael Tejeda, 54, pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful reentry of a deported alien. U.S. District Court Judge Leo T. Sorokin scheduled sentencing for Dec. 19, 2017. Tejeda was previously deported from the United States in April 2013.  In May 2017, federal agents in Boston encountered Tejeda and found him to be illegally present in the United States.

Tejeda faces a sentence of no greater than 10 years in prison, three years of supervised release, a fine of $250,000 and will be subject to deportation upon completion of his sentence. Sentences are imposed by a federal district court judge based upon the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

Acting United States Attorney William D. Weinreb and Matthew J. Etre, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations in Boston, made the announcement today. Assistant U.S. Attorney David G. Tobin of Weinreb’s Major Crimes Unit is prosecuting the case.