Alberto Silva-Garcia, 42, a citizen of Mexico most recently living in Norwalk, Connecticut, pleaded guilty today to illegally reentering the United States after being deported — a crime he’s committed repeatedly over nearly two decades.
Silva-Garcia was first deported in March 1999 following a domestic violence conviction in California. Despite that removal, he was encountered multiple times by immigration authorities between 1999 and 2004 — twice while locked up on drug charges and several other times after being caught at the border falsely claiming U.S. citizenship. On 11 documented occasions, he was marched back across the border into Mexico by foot.
His pattern of criminal reentry continued. In August 2009, Silva-Garcia was arrested in Norwalk on motor vehicle charges — leading to a federal indictment for illegal reentry. He was convicted and sentenced to 12 months in prison. By December 2010, he was deported again.
He came back. By March 2015, Silva-Garcia was charged in Norwalk Superior Court with larceny and burglary stemming from a string of thefts targeting construction sites and parked work vehicles. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to three years behind bars.
Since October 2016, Silva-Garcia has remained in ICE custody. Now, once more, he faces federal punishment. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Alker Meyer has set sentencing for April 25, 2017. Silva-Garcia could be locked up for up to 10 years.
The case was investigated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Deborah R. Slater. Each reentry, each crime, another chapter in a long trail of defiance — and each time, the stakes grow higher.
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Key Facts
- State: Connecticut
- Agency: DOJ USAO
- Category: Organized Crime
- Source: Official Source ↗
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