BOSTON - A Mexican national was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston with a federal immigration crime.
Tomas De La Cruz Zavala, 45, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV to six months in prison and two years of supervised release. Zavala will be subject to deportation upon completion of his sentence. In March 2017, Zavala pleaded guilty to illegal reentry of a deported alien.
Zavala was deported from the United States to Mexico on Oct. 12, 2012, and again in November 2016. Zavala was recently located in North Dartmouth, Mass., where law enforcement determined that Zavala was illegally present in the United States.
Acting United States Attorney William D. Weinreb and Matthew J. Etre, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations in Boston, made the announcement today. Assistant U.S. Attorneys David G. Tobin and Nick Soivillien of Weinreb’s Major Crimes Unit prosecuted the case.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
