Individual Previously Deported Four Times
BOSTON - A Honduran man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for illegally reentering the United States after deportation.
Rumeni D. Romero, 32, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Senior Judge Douglas P. Woodlock to 42 months in prison and three years of supervised release. Romero will be subject to deportation upon completion of his sentence. In April 2017, Romero pleaded guilty to one count of illegal reentry of a deported alien.
In January 2017, Romero was encountered by law enforcement in Chelsea and determined to be illegally present in the United States. Between 2006 and 2013, Romero was deported four times.
Acting United States Attorney William D. Weinreb and Matthew Etre, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations in Boston made the announcement today. Assistant U.S. Attorney Kenneth G. Shine of Weinreb’s Major Crimes Unit prosecuted the case.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
