Guatemalan Man Will Remain In Federal Custody Pending Deportation
Thursday, April 10, 2025, 7:30 A.M. ET. 1 Minute Read, By Art Fletcher: Englebrook Independent News,
PITTSBURGH, PA.- Last Friday, a 46-year-old Guatemalan national illegally residing within the Western District of Pennsylvania learned he will remain in federal custody pending his removal from the United States back to Guatemala after pleading guilty and being sentenced for being unlawfully in the United States.
On Friday, April 4, 2025, Anastacio Hernandez-Us, 46, of Guatemala, appeared in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania and pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge W. Scott Hardy to Illegal Reentry into the United States by a Previously Deported Alien. Following entering his guilty plea, Judge Hardy immediately sentenced Hernandez-Us to time served and ordered him to remain in federal custody pending removal.
According to Acting U.S. Attorney Troy Rivetti and charging information filed with the District Court, on February 7, 2025, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents encountered Hernandez-Us and, following a records check, determined that he was illegally in the United States.
Immigration records revealed that Hernandez-Us had been previously removed from the United States in September 2010 after being encountered by U.S. Immigration officials in Louisiana.
Hernandez-Us has been in federal custody since his February 7, 2025, arrest and will remain detained pending his deportation from the United States in the upcoming weeks.
Acting U.S. Attorney Rivetti commended U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Enforcement and Removal Operations for the investigation leading to the successful prosecution of Hernandez-Us.
