El Salvadoran National Sentenced for Illegal Reentry; Faces Deportation

HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Angel Vidal Reyes Guzman, age 33, a citizen of El Salvador, was sentenced to time served (approximately two months) by United States District Judge Karoline Mehalchick for illegally reentering the country after having previously been removed.

According to United States Attorney Brian D. Miller, Reyes Guzman was indicted by a federal grand jury after having been previously convicted of a charge of moral turpitude in Virginia in 2013. Reyes Guzman had previously been removed from the United States pursuant to a court order in 2013 and illegally reentered the United States sometime thereafter. Reyes Guzman pleaded guilty to illegal reentry prior to his sentencing.

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Removal Operations investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Kelley K. McGraw prosecuted the case.

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 (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime.

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