Ecuadoran Citizen Sentenced For Illegal Re-entry into the United States

ALBANY, NEW YORK – Jose Alberto Villa Pilamunga, age 28, and a citizen of Ecuador, was sentenced today to time served (27 days in jail) for illegally re-entering the United States. 

The announcement was made by Acting United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and Thomas E. Feeley, Director of the Buffalo Field Office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO).

As part of his guilty plea, Villa Pilamunga admitted that he is a citizen of Ecuador, and that he illegally returned to the United States after he was removed to Ecuador on July 15, 2011. 

On November 9, 2017, ICE Officers arrested Villa Pilamunga in Cobleskill, New York. 

Following the sentencing, Villa Pilamunga was remanded to the custody of the Department of Homeland Security, for removal proceedings.

This case was investigated by ICE-ERO and prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Edward P. Grogan