William Ariel Tamay Guaman, Unlawful Entry, Maine 2025

PORTLAND, Maine: William Ariel Tamay Guaman, a 23-year-old Ecuadorian national, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Portland to illegally entering the U.S. after a prior removal.

According to court records, on February 4, 2025, agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) and the FBI conducted surveillance at a South Portland residence. After observing Tamay Guaman get into a van, agents followed him and conducted a traffic stop. An ERO agent familiar with Tamay Guaman approached the driver and asked for their name. Tamay Guaman provided a false name and was directed to step out of the vehicle. After briefly fleeing on foot and resisting arrest, he was taken into custody. He was positively ID'd by fingerprints.

Tamay Guaman, who entered the country in or before 2019, was charged in the Cumberland County Unified Criminal Docket in March 2023 with two counts of reckless conduct involving a minor for offenses that occurred between 2020 and 2021. He was convicted and sentenced to 364 days of imprisonment on one count, to be followed by an additional, fully suspended 364 days and probation. In a separate proceeding, an immigration judge ordered Tamay Guaman to be removed from the United States, and he was deported in September 2023.

As a result of his prior removal, Tamay Guaman faces a maximum prison term of two years and a fine up to $250,000. He will be sentenced after the completion of a presentence investigative report by the U.S. Probation Office. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

ICE-ERO investigated the case with assistance from the FBI. Operation Take Back America, a nationwide initiative, aims to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, eliminate cartels and transnational criminal organizations, and protect communities from violent crime.

Tamay Guaman is currently facing charges of unlawfully entering the United States after a prior removal, with a maximum prison term of two years and a fine up to $250,000.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-me/pr/ecuadorian-national-pleads-guilty-illegally-entering-us-after-prior-removal