Source: Office of United States Attorneys
HARRISBURG-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Fraidi Perez-Bartolon, age 34, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was indicted on April 16, 2025, by a federal grand jury on the charge of illegally reentering the United States after having previously been removed.
According to Acting United States Attorney John C. Gurganus, the indictment alleges that Perez-Bartolon was previously removed from the United States on June 2, 2012, through Calexico, California, and it is alleged that he was subsequently found in the United States without having first obtained legal permission to reenter the country. The indictment also alleges that on April 14, 2025, Perez-Bartolon was encountered in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.
The case was investigated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Removal Operations. Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael A. Consiglio is prosecuting the case.
This case is part of Operation Take Back America (https://www.justice.gov/dag/media/1393746/dl?inline) 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. Operation Take Back America streamlines efforts and resources from the Department’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETFs) and Project Safe Neighborhood (PSN).
The maximum penalty under federal law for this offense is 2 years of imprisonment, a term of supervised release following imprisonment, and a fine. A sentence following a finding of guilt is imposed by the Judge after consideration of the applicable federal sentencing statutes and the Federal Sentencing Guidelines.
Indictments and Criminal Informations are only allegations. All persons charged are presumed to be innocent unless and until found guilty in court.
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