Brazilian Man Pleads Guilty to Reentry After Deportation

BANGOR, Maine: A man from Brazil pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Bangor to re-entry after deportation

According to court records, Americo Lopes-Da Silva, 37, was a passenger in a van stopped by the U.S. Border Patrol in the Rangeley, Maine area. During a field immigration inspection, Lopes-Da Silva indicated that he was from Brazil and had no legal status to be present in the United States.  Subsequent processing at the Rangeley Border Patrol Station revealed that Lopes-Da Silva had been removed from the United States in 2021 after illegally crossing into the country in Texas.

Lopes-Da Silva faces up to two years in prison and a maximum fine of $250,000. He will be sentenced after the completion of a presentence investigative report by the U.S. Probation Office. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

The U.S. Border Patrol investigated the case.

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