Guatemalan National Pleads Guilty to Illegal Reentry

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

Cecilio Castro-Zacarias, 38, pleaded guilty to one count of one count of unlawful reentry of a deported alien. U.S. District Court Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton scheduled sentencing for Feb. 15, 2018.

In September 2017, law enforcement in New Bedford encountered Castro-Zacarias and determined him to be unlawfully present in the United States. Castro-Zacarias was previously deported on Aug. 12, 2005.

Castro-Zacarias faces up to two years in prison, one year of supervised release, a fine of $250,000, and will be subject to deportation upon completion of his sentence. Sentences are imposed based upon the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.   

Acting United States Attorney William D. Weinreb and Michael Shea, Acting Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations in Boston, made the announcement today. Assistant U.S. Attorney Suzanne Sullivan Jacobus of Weinreb’s Major Crimes Unit is prosecuting the case.