PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Guatemalan national who reentered the country illegally after being convicted for drug trafficking in 2014 and deported was sentenced today on a charge of illegal reentry, announced Acting United States Attorney Sara Miron Bloom.
Pedro Andony Alvarado Aguilar, 46, was convicted in federal court in Connecticut in November 2014 on charges of conspiracy to import 5,000 grams or more of cocaine and conspiracy to import 1,000 grams or more of heroin. He was deported on July 1, 2015.
On April 10, 2025, Immigration Officers learned through an automated biometric fingerprint match of fingerprints entered into the National Crime Information Center that Alvarado Aguilar was arrested in Rhode Island for driving on a suspended license and on an obstruction charge. The defendant was charged in U.S. District Court in Providence on May 9, 2025, with illegal reentry; he pleaded guilty on May 29, 2025.
At sentencing today, U.S. District Court Judge Mary S. McElroy sentenced Alvarado Aguilar to time served (detained in federal custody since May 2, 2025). An immigration detainer has been filed in this matter.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Peter I. Roklan. The matter was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations Immigration and Custom Enforcement.
This case is part of Operation Take Back America, a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime.
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Key Facts
- State: Rhode Island
- Agency: DOJ USAO
- Category: Drug Trafficking|Organized Crime
- Source: Official Source ↗
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