Leah B. Foley United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts | Department of Justice
A Dominican national has been sentenced in federal court in Boston for illegally reentering the United States after being deported. Yonelin Manuel Baez Soto, 31, received a sentence of one year and one day in prison, followed by two years of supervised release. U.S. District Court Judge Denise J. Casper handed down the sentence.
Baez Soto pleaded guilty in May 2025 to one count of unlawful reentry of a deported alien. He was indicted by a federal grand jury in March 2025.
In November 2020, Baez Soto was removed from the United States following his conviction for a felony narcotics offense in Essex Superior Court. Before his removal, he had also been convicted of multiple counts of misuse of a Social Security number and aggravated identity theft in U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. After his removal, Baez Soto returned to the United States without permission.
Additionally, Baez Soto was indicted by a federal grand jury in May 2025 on charges including conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances. That case is still pending in federal court in Boston. Following completion of all imposed sentences, Baez Soto will be subject to deportation.
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. Assistant U.S. Attorney David Cutshall prosecuted the case.
