Guatemalan Man Arrested in Guilderland, NY Sentenced For Illegal Re-entry into the United States

ALBANY, NEW YORK – Diego Efrain Ceto De Leon, 24, of Guatemala, was sentenced today to time served  (27 days), for illegally re-entering the United States. 

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

As part of his guilty plea, Ceto De Leon admitted that he was an alien, a citizen of Guatemala, and that he illegally returned to the United States after he was removed to Guatemala on July 29, 2014.

On September 16, 2017, Ceto De Leon was encountered and arrested by ICE officers in Guilderland, New York.  A fingerprint check of Ceto De Leon resulted in the discovery of the prior removal.

Following the sentencing, Ceto De Leon was remanded to the custody of the Department of Homeland Security, which will place him into removal proceedings.

The case was investigated by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Albany, NY, and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Edward P. Grogan.