Dominican National Sentenced for Illegal Reentry After Deportation

BOSTON - A Dominican national was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for illegally reentering the United States after being deported.

Sandy Saul Pena, 36, was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Court Judge Douglas P. Woodlock to 27 months in prison and three years of supervised release. Saul Pena will be subject to deportation proceedings upon completion of his sentence. In May 2018, Saul Pena pleaded guilty to one count of illegal reentry of a deported alien.

In December 2016, federal law enforcement in Boston encountered Pena and determined him to be illegally present in the United States. Pena was previously deported in February 2012.  On Dec. 13, 2016, Pena was arrested in Boston and charged with trafficking a Class A controlled substance. He is being held on $200,000 bail awaiting trial in state court on the drug charges.  Pena’s federal sentence will not begin until his state case is resolved.

United States Attorney Andrew E. Lelling and Rebecca J. Adducci, Interim Field Office Director, Boston, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Enforcement and Removal Operations, made the announcement today. Assistant U.S. Attorney David G. Tobin of Lelling’s Major Crimes Unit prosecuted the case.