Leah B. Foley United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts | Department of Justice
A Brazilian citizen living in Worcester, Massachusetts, was sentenced in federal court for unlawfully reentering the United States after being deported. Thiago Aquino De Paula, 33, received a six-month prison sentence from U.S. District Court Judge Margaret R. Guzman and will be subject to deportation following his sentence.
Aquino De Paula had previously pleaded guilty in June 2025 to one count of unlawful reentry of a deported alien. He was indicted by a federal grand jury in April 2025. According to authorities, he had been deported from the United States three times before, most recently on or about November 4, 2021. After his last removal, he returned to the country without authorization and was later found in Massachusetts after an arrest in Uxbridge for allegedly operating under the influence.
United States Attorney Leah B. Foley and Patricia H. Hyde, Acting Field Office Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Enforcement and Removal Operations in Boston announced the sentencing. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Kaitlin J. Brown of the Worcester Branch Office.
