Citizen of the Dominican Republic Sentenced to 57 Months for Illegally Reentering the United States after an Aggravated Felony

SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – Altagracios De La Cruz-Calderon, 60, who was living in Oneida County, was sentenced to 57 months imprisonment today for illegally reentering the United States after previously being convicted of an aggravated felony. United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Thomas P. Brophy, Field Office Director, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Enforcement and Removal Operations, (ICE-ERO) Buffalo, NY made the announcement.

De La Cruz-Calderon had previously been deported or removed from the United States to the Dominican Republic five times. As part of his previous guilty plea, De La Cruz-Calderon admitted that he had been convicted of federal drug and gun charges in the 1990s and spent several years in federal prison before one of his deportations to the Dominican Republic. De La Cruz-Calderon was most recently found in the United States in New Hartford, New York. De La Cruz-Calderon will be subject to deportation again at the conclusion of his prison sentence.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, ICE-ERO investigated the case with the help of the United States Marshall Service and the New Hartford Police Department. Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul Tuck prosecuted the case.