Honduran National Sentenced for Illegal Reentry

BOSTON - A Honduran national residing in Fall River, Mass., was sentenced on Nov. 12, 2025 in federal court in Boston for unlawfully reentering the United States after deportation.

Denis Aguirre-Murillo, 40, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Leo T. Sorokin to four 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 September 2025, Aguirre-Murillo pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful reentry of a deported alien. He was indicted by a federal grand jury in July 2025.

Aguirre-Murillo has been deported from the United States to Honduras on three occasions, in July 2007, March 2016 and January 2021. Sometime after his January 2021 removal, Aguirre-Murillo unlawfully re-entered the United States at an unknown time and place. Immigration authorities became aware that Aguirre-Murillo was unlawfully present in the United States on May 4, 2024, when he was arrested under an alias in Fall River for charges that included intimidation and rape. The rape charge was later amended to an indecent assault and battery charge.

Immigration authorities lodged a detainer for Aguirre-Murillo. However, on Feb. 19, 2025, Aguirre-Murillo was released from state custody without notification. He was later located and taken into immigration custody on May 29, 2025.

United States Attorney Leah B. Foley and Patricia H. Hyde, Field Office Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Enforcement and Removal Operations in Boston made the announcement. Assistant U.S. Attorney Mackenzie A. Queenin of the Criminal Division prosecuted the case.