Leah B. Foley United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts | Department of Justice
A Dominican national, Carlos Alexander Martinez-Jimenez, was sentenced on April 8 in federal court in Worcester to one year in prison for unlawfully reentering the United States after being deported. U.S. District Court Judge Margaret R. Guzman ordered that the sentence be served consecutively to his current state prison term. Martinez-Jimenez will face deportation again upon completion of his sentence.
The case highlights ongoing efforts by federal authorities to address unlawful reentry by individuals previously removed from the country.
Martinez-Jimenez pleaded guilty in January 2026 to one count of unlawful reentry of a deported alien, following an indictment by a federal grand jury in December 2025. His prior criminal history includes a February 2017 conviction for Furnishing a False Name or Social Security Number and Identity Fraud in Fall River District Court, resulting in a sentence of 134 days in state prison. After serving that sentence, he was removed from the United States in April 2017.
Authorities said that sometime after his removal, Martinez-Jimenez unlawfully returned to the country. On January 31, 2024, he was convicted again—this time for Trafficking between 18 and less than 36 grams of heroin, morphine, opium or fentanyl—in Essex Superior Court and is currently serving a three-and-a-half to five-year state prison term.
United States Attorney Leah B. Foley and David T. Wesling, Acting Field Office Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Enforcement and Removal Operations in Boston announced the sentencing decision. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Meghan C. Cleary and Zachary Stendig prosecuted the case.
