Guatemalan National Sentenced for Illegal Reentry After Deportation

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

Ariel Humberto Diaz, 27, a Guatemalan national formerly residing in Framingham, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge William G. Young to eight months in prison and three years of supervised release. Humberto Diaz will be subject to deportation upon completion of his sentence. In May 2018, Humberto Diaz pleaded guilty to one count of illegal reentry of a deported alien.

On Feb. 4, 2018, law enforcement officers encountered Humberto Diaz and determined him to be illegally present in the United States. Humberto Diaz was previously deported on April 13, 2016.

United States Attorney Andrew E. Lelling and Todd Lyons, Acting Field Office Director, Boston, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Enforcement and Removal Operations, made the announcement. Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicholas Soivilien of Lelling’s Major Crimes Unit prosecuted the case.