Rigoberto Cano Perez, Illegal Reentry, Rhode Island 2025

PROVIDENCE – A Guatemalan national has pleaded guilty to illegally reentering the United States six months after his deportation, announced Acting United States Attorney Sara Miron Bloom.

Rigoberto Cano Perez, 28, was removed from the United States by Immigration and Customs Enforcement on November 20, 2024, having been convicted in Rhode Island state court in December 2023 on charges of simple assault and/or battery and disorderly conduct.

On May 12, 2025, Immigration Officers learned through an automated biometric fingerprint match that Perez was arrested in Rhode Island the day before for violating a domestic no contact order and on a domestic disorderly conduct charge.

Perez is scheduled to be sentenced on August 28, 2025. The sentence imposed will be determined by a federal district judge after consideration of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Taylor A. Dean and Peter I. Roklan.

The matter was investigated by U.S. Immigration and Customs 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, and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime.

The crime: Rigoberto Cano Perez, a 28-year-old Guatemalan national, pleaded guilty to illegally reentering the United States six months after his deportation.

City and state: Providence, Rhode Island

Exact date: November 20, 2024 (deportation) and May 12, 2025 (arrest)

Sentence or outcome: Scheduled to be sentenced on August 28, 2025

Exact criminal charges: Illegal reentry, simple assault and/or battery, disorderly conduct, violating a domestic no contact order, and domestic disorderly conduct

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