A Guatemalan national, Samuel Par-Lopez, has been sentenced in U.S. District Court in Portland for re-entering the United States illegally after a prior removal. Chief U.S. District Judge Lance E. Walker handed down a sentence of time served, which amounted to approximately 113 days. Par-Lopez had pleaded guilty to the charges on March 14, 2025.
Court records indicate that on February 7, 2025, an officer from the Wiscasset Police Department noticed Par-Lopez driving a vehicle with snow on its roof—a violation of Maine motor vehicle law. Further investigation revealed that he had previously been deported and lacked proper documentation to legally re-enter the country.
The case was investigated by U.S. Border Patrol with assistance from the Wiscasset Police Department.
This case is part of Operation Take Back America, a nationwide initiative aimed at addressing illegal immigration and combating cartels and transnational criminal organizations. The operation also seeks to protect communities from violent crime by leveraging resources from the Department of Justice's Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) and Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN).
