Dominican Man Pleads Guilty To Reentering The U.S. Illegally

Tuesday, November 12, 2024, 5:45 A.M. ET. 1 Minute Read, By Art Fletcher: Englebrook Independent News,

BOSTON, MA.- On Friday, November 11, 2024, Santos Guzman, 55, a Dominican national residing illegally in Methuen, Massachusetts, appeared in U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts and pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Denise J. Casper to Illegally Reentering the United States by a Previously Deported Alien.

     Judge Casper accepted Guzman’s guilty plea and scheduled sentencing for February 12, 2025, at which time Guzman faces up to 20 years in federal prison, at least three years of supervised release, and a $250,000 fine. The actual term of imprisonment will be determined by a U.S. District Court Judge based on the seriousness of the offense and Guzman’s prior criminal history.

According To The U.S. Attorney’s Office

     According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office and documents filed with the court, Guzman is a Dominican Republic citizen who entered the United States at an unknown date and unknown location and was convicted in 2019 of two state illicit narcotics trafficking offenses. In November 2019, a U.S. immigration judge ordered Guzman removed from the United States on January 7, 2020, and he was thereafter deported to the Dominican Republic.

     Within a year, Guzman, at an unknown date and location, illegally reentered the United States. In November 2021, Guzman was taken into custody on a new State Drug Trafficking offense. A subsequent search of his fingerprints taken at his deportation matched his fingerprints at the time of his November 2021 arrest on the state charge.