Brazilian National Sentenced for Illegal Reentry

BOSTON - A Brazilian national unlawfully residing in Fall River, Mass. pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to unlawfully reentering the United States after deportation and was sentenced.

Evaldo Ferreira Pinto, 51, was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Court Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV to time served and one year of supervised release. The defendant is now subject to deportation proceedings. Earlier in the hearing Pinto pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful reentry of a deported alien. According to court records, Pinto had been in custody since his arrest on Aug. 7, 2025. Pinto was indicted by a federal grand jury in September 2025.

According to the charging documents, Pinto was found in the United States on Aug. 7, 2025, after previously having been removed from the United States on or about May 31, 2019. According to court documents, Pinto has previously been removed or self-deported on four occasions and has been previously convicted of unlawful reentry three times. Pinto is now subject to deportation.

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