Guatemalan National Sentenced for Illegal Reentry After Deportation

Guatemalan National Sentenced for Illegal Reentry After Deportation

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys on June 22, 2017. It is reproduced in full below.

BOSTON - A Guatemalan national was sentenced today in federal court in Boston with a federal immigration crime.

Selvin Jarquin-Felipe, 31, pleaded guilty to illegally reentering the United States after being deported before U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani, who subsequently sentenced Jarquin-Felipe to time served and one year of supervised release.

Jarquin-Felipe was previously deported in September 2014. In May 2017, federal agents in Framingham discovered Jarquin-Felipe and determined him to be unlawfully 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. Attorney David G. Tobin of Weinreb’s Major Crimes Unit is prosecuting the case.

Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys

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