An El Salvadoran national residing in Methuen, Massachusetts, has pleaded guilty to illegal reentry into the United States. Agustin Landaverde-Romero, 57, admitted to the unlawful reentry of a deported alien in federal court in Boston. U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Stearns has scheduled his sentencing for May 21, 2025.
Landaverde-Romero was indicted by a federal grand jury in March 2024 after being found in the United States on or about July 13, 2020, without receiving express consent from the Attorney General and the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. He had previously been removed to El Salvador on October 7, 1999.
The charge of illegal reentry carries a potential sentence of up to two years in prison, one year of supervised release, and a $250,000 fine. Upon completion of any imposed sentence, Landaverde-Romero will be subject to deportation proceedings. Sentences are determined by a federal district court judge based on the United States Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
The announcement was made by United States Attorney Leah B. Foley; Michael J. Krol, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations in New England; and Methuen Police Chief Scott J. McNamara. Assistant U.S. Attorney Suzanne Sullivan Jacobus from the Major Crimes Unit is prosecuting this case.