Defendant lost lawful permanent resident status in 1989 after state drug conviction
BOSTON - A Dominican national pleaded guilty today in federal court in Springfield to unlawful reentry of a deported alien.
Francisco Siri, a/k/a Javier Ciravello Perez, 48, pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful reentry of a deported alien. U.S. District Court Judge Mark G. Mastroianni scheduled sentencing for April 5, 2018.
In 1983, Siri was admitted to the United States as an immigrant or lawful permanent resident. Siri lost that status in 1989 after being convicted in Essex County Superior Court of trafficking cocaine. On Nov. 9, 1992, Siri was deported to the Dominican Republic. In October 2017, law enforcement officers in Springfield encountered Siri at Hampden County Jail and determined him to be unlawfully present in the United States. Siri is currently facing state charges for distributing and trafficking cocaine.
Siri faces a sentence of no greater than 20 years in prison, three years of supervised release, a fine of $250,000 and will be subject to deportation upon completion of his sentence. Sentences are imposed by a federal district court judge based upon the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
United States Attorney Andrew E. Lelling and Michael Shea, Acting Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations in Boston, made the announcement today. Assistant U.S. Attorney Todd E. Newhouse of Lelling’s Springfield Branch Office is prosecuting the case.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
