Mexico Citizen Sentenced to a Year and a Day for Being in the United States After Removal

Bangor, Maine: Acting United States Attorney Richard W. Murphy announced that Presiliano Gonzalez Berruete, 53, a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. to one year and a day in prison to be followed by one year of supervised release for being an alien who entered the United States after having been removed and deported. He pleaded guilty on March 10, 2017.

According to court documents, on February 12, 2017, the defendant arrived at the Canada Border Services Agency in Woodstock, New Brunswick. He was refused entry to Canada and transported to the Houlton, Maine Port of Entry. A United States Custom and Border Protection (CBP) officer determined that the defendant was a citizen of Mexico who had been removed from the United States in 2010 after being convicted of a federal felony drug trafficking offense. The defendant returned to the United States without inspection at a place that was not designated for entry.

The case was investigated by CBP, Department of Homeland Security.