Honduran National Sentenced for Illegal Reentry After Deportation

BOSTON – A Honduran national pleaded guilty and was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for illegally reentering the United States after being deported.

Alan Fernando Dominguez Banegas, 24, pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful reentry of a deported alien. U.S. District Court Judge Douglas P. Woodlock sentenced Dominguez Banegas to time served and one year of supervised release. Dominguez Banegas was released to Immigration and Customs Enforcement while he awaits deportation to Honduras, where he is wanted on homicide/manslaughter charges.   

On Sept. 22, 2017, law enforcement officers in Framingham encountered Dominguez Banegas and determined him to be illegally present in the United States. Dominguez Banegas was previously deported on May 30, 2014. 

United States Attorney Andrew E. Lelling and Michael Shea, Acting Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations in Boston, made the announcement. Assistant U.S. Attorney David G. Tobin of Lelling’s Major Crimes Unit prosecuted the case.