Honduran National Pleads Guilty to Unlawful Reentry

BOSTON – A Honduran national, illegally residing in Brockton, pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to unlawfully reentering the United States after deportation.  

Oscar Lopez, 41, a/k/a “Luis Maldonado,” pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful reentry of a deported alien. Lopez was arrested on April 16, 2025 and has remained in custody since. U.S. District Court Chief Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV scheduled sentencing for July 1, 2025.

According to the charging documents, Lopez is a citizen of Honduras who entered the United States illegally in 2003. Lopez did not appear for an Immigration Court date in 2003 and was ordered removed. Immigration officials were not able to remove Lopez until January 2013. Lopez returned to the United States just a few months later without permission and he was removed again in May 2013. At some point thereafter, Lopez returned again and Immigration and Customs Enforcement became aware of Lopez’s unlawful presence in the United States following arrests by state authorities in March and April 2024.

The charge of unlawful reentry of a deported alien provides for a sentence of up to two years in prison, one year of supervised release and a fine of up to $250,000. Sentences are imposed by a federal district court judge based upon the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and statutes which govern the determination of a sentence in a criminal case.

United States Attorney Leah B. Foley and Patricia H. Hyde, Field Office Director, Boston, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Enforcement and Removal Operations made the announcement today. Assistant U.S. Attorney John J. Reynolds of the Criminal Division is prosecuting the case.