A Honduran national has been sentenced in U.S. District Court in Portland, Maine, for illegally entering the United States after a prior removal. Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr., handed down the sentence to Josue Osmin Montoya Acosta, 36, who received time served totaling approximately 93 days. Montoya Acosta had entered a guilty plea on April 3, 2025.
Court records reveal that on February 25, 2025, an officer from the Brunswick Police Department noticed Montoya Acosta driving a vehicle without a front license plate and with an unlit rear license plate. The rear plate was identified as a temporary one from Indiana. When asked for his driver's license, Montoya Acosta provided a Honduran passport and admitted he did not possess a driver’s license or visa. Immigration records indicated he had been removed from the U.S. twice before.
The case was investigated by U.S. Customs and Border Protection with assistance from the Brunswick Police Department.
This case falls under Operation Take Back America, described as "a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to repel the invasion of illegal immigration," aiming for "the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime." The operation combines efforts from the Department's Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) and Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN).
