Source: Office of United States Attorneys
PORTLAND, Maine: A Guatemalan national was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Portland for illegally re-entering the United States after a prior removal.
Chief U.S. District Judge Lance E. Walker sentenced Marvin Aguilar-Lopez, 24, to time served (approximately 4 months). Aguilar-Lopez pleaded guilty on May 29, 2025.
According to court records, Old Orchard Beach police officers pulled over Aguilar-Lopez in March 2025 for a taillight violation. Aguilar-Lopez produced an invalid international license and told police he was from Guatemala. Immigration records showed that he had previously been removed from the U.S. in 2023 and did not have a visa or other documentation that would allow him to re-enter the country.
U.S. Border Patrol investigated the case.
Operation Take Back America: 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. Operation Take Back America streamlines efforts and resources from the Department’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) and Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN).
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