BOSTON - A Guatemalan national was charged yesterday in federal court in Boston on a federal immigration charge.
Selvin Danilo Herrera-Arana, 33, was indicted on one count of unlawful reentry of a deported alien.
According to court documents, law enforcement officers in Boston discovered Herrera-Arana on July 16, 2017, and determined him to be unlawfully present in the United States. Herrera-Arana was previously deported on July 29, 2014.
Herrera-Arana faces a sentence of no greater than 10 years in prison, no greater than three years of supervised release, a fine of $250,000, and he will be subject to deportation proceedings upon completion of his sentence. Sentences are imposed by a federal district court judge based on the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
Acting United States Attorney William D. Weinreb and Matthew Etre, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations in Boston, made the announcement. Assistant U.S. Attorney Kenneth G. Shine of Weinreb’s Major Crimes Unit is prosecuting the case.
The details contained in the indictment are allegations. The defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
