David X. Sullivan, the United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, has announced that Roberto Muy, a 35-year-old Ecuadorian citizen, is facing charges of illegally reentering the United States after deportation.
According to court documents and statements made in court, Muy initially entered the U.S. in February 2006 using a fraudulent visitor visa under an alias as a Peruvian citizen. In June 2012, he was convicted in Connecticut Superior Court in Torrington for sexual assault of a minor in the second degree. He received a sentence of 10 years incarceration, suspended after serving 15 months, followed by 25 years of probation. Muy was deported to Ecuador in June 2013.
It is further alleged that Muy returned illegally to the U.S., where he was arrested on November 9, 2024, by the Torrington Police Department for operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs. On March 18, 2025, he was sentenced to two years in state prison for violating his probation related to his previous conviction and received an additional concurrent two-day sentence for the motor vehicle offense. He remains in state custody.
If found guilty of illegal reentry into the U.S., Muy could face up to 20 years imprisonment.
U.S. Attorney Sullivan emphasized that "a complaint is only a charge and is not evidence of guilt." He added that "charges are only allegations and each defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt."
The investigation into this matter is being conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Enforcement and Removal Operations. The case prosecution is led by Assistant U.S. Attorney Mary G. Vitale.
This case falls under Operation Take Back America, an initiative aimed at combating illegal immigration and dismantling cartels and transnational criminal organizations while protecting communities from violent crime perpetrators.
