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Dominican National Sentenced for Illegal Reentry

For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts

BOSTON – A Dominican national was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for illegally reentering the United States after deportation.

Yomelvin Abreu Bonilla, 33, was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Court Judge William G. Young to two years in prison and three years of supervised release. Bonilla will be subject to deportation upon completion of his sentence. On Dec. 16, 2021, Bonilla pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful reentry of a deported alien.

In March 2021, federal agents encountered Bonilla in Bedford and determined that he was illegally present in the United States. Bonilla was previously deported in August 2016.

United States Attorney Rachael S. Rollins and Todd M. Lyons, Field Office Director, Boston, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Enforcement and Removal Operations made the announcement. Assistant U.S. Attorney Benjamin A. Saltzman of Rollins’ Criminal Division prosecuted the case.

Updated April 27, 2022

Topic
Immigration