Honduran National Sentenced to Seven Months in Prison for Illegal Reentry

BOSTON - A Honduran national, unlawfully residing in Lynn, Mass., was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for unlawfully reentering the United States after deportation. This is the defendants third conviction for illegal reentry.

Douglas Mejia-Romero, 45, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Myong J. Joun to seven months in prison, to be followed by two years of supervised release. The defendant is subject to deportation upon completion of the imposed sentence. In May 2025, Mejia-Romero pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful reentry of a deported alien.

Mejia-Romero was previously deported on May 15, 2020, and sometime after this removal, Mejia-Romero unlawfully reentered the United States. Additionally, between 2008 and 2020, Mejia-Romero was removed from the United States on five separate occasions. After each removal, he unlawfully reentered the United States.

This is Mejia-Romero's third illegal reentry conviction. In May 2015, he was convicted in the District of New Hampshire and received a nine-month prison sentence followed by two years of supervised release. Thereafter, in April 2020, he was again convicted of illegal reentry, this time in federal court in Texas, and received a six-month prison sentence.

United States Attorney Leah B. Foley and Patricia H. Hyde, Acting Field Office Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Enforcement and Removal Operations in Boston made the announcement. Assistant U.S. Attorney Suzanne Sullivan Jacobus of the Major Crimes Unit prosecuted the case.