Guido Andres Cuellar Batres, Assaulting Federal Officers, Massachusetts 2025

Guatemalan National Sentenced to 8 Months in Prison for Assaulting Federal Officers

BOSTON, Massachusetts – In a shocking turn of events, a Guatemalan national has been sentenced to 8 months in prison for forcibly assaulting multiple federal officers during an immigration arrest in Marlborough, Massachusetts.

Guido Andres Cuellar Batres, 24, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Angel Kelley to 8 months in prison, to be followed by 1 year of supervised release. The defendant is subject to deportation upon completion of the imposed sentence.

Cuellar had overstayed his non-immigrant visa by more than 4 years and, as a result, there was an outstanding immigration warrant for his arrest. On May 4, 2025, four federal officers – three Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and a Drug Enforcement Administration agent – set up surveillance in a parking lot in Marlborough.

At approximately 9:45 a.m., a vehicle was observed entering the parking lot, with Cuellar in the front passenger seat. The officers, who were wearing outer garments identifying themselves as law enforcement, approached the vehicle and ordered Cuellar, in both English and Spanish, to step out of the car. Cuellar refused.

The officers then instructed Cuellar and the driver to unlock the vehicle, but they did not do so. After being instructed to keep his hands visible, Cuellar reached down such that officers lost sight of his hands – raising concern that he might be reaching for a weapon. Given this concern and the refusals to comply with orders, the officers broke the rear passenger side window, enabling them to gain entry to the vehicle and unlock the front passenger door.

Upon being removed from the vehicle, Cuellar resisted officer efforts to bring his arms behind his back for handcuffing. As officers continued to attempt to handcuff Cuellar, he tried to bite one of them in the leg, did bite another officer above his wrist, and struck that officer in the head multiple times.

After the officers succeeded in handcuffing Cuellar, he continued to resist. As agents attempted to secure Cuellar in the rear seat of their vehicle, he jumped numerous times to avoid being put in the vehicle. One of the officers entered the opposite side of the vehicle to pull Cuellar into the rear seat. As the officer took hold of Cuellar, he head-butted the officer and spat directly into the officer’s eyes and face.

The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts, along with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Enforcement and Removal Operations in Boston and the Drug Enforcement Administration, New England Field Division, announced the sentencing.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert E. Richardson of the Major Crimes Unit prosecuted the case.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/guatemalan-national-sentenced-eight-months-prison-forcibly-assaulting-federal-officers