Guatemalan National Pleads Guilty to Illegal Reentry After Deportation

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

Julio Cantoral Monterroso, 39, a Guatemalan national previously residing in Great Falls, R.I., pleaded guilty today to one count of illegal reentry of a deported alien. U.S. District Court Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV scheduled sentencing for Nov. 13, 2018.

On May 17, 2018, law enforcement officers in Dedham encountered Monterroso and determined him to be illegally present in the United States. Monterroso was previously deported on Aug. 21, 2002, and again on May 12, 2011.

Monterroso faces a sentence of no greater than 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 by a federal district court judge based upon the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

United States Attorney Andrew E. Lelling and Rebecca 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 is prosecuting the case.