Guatamalan Man Sentenced For Illegal Reentry After Deportation

            CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE –United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice announced  today that Hilmar Chavez-Sanchez, of Guatemala, pleaded guilty to illegally reentering the United States after having been previously deported and was sentenced to time served.   Chavez-Sanchez was arrested on March 3, 2016. 

            On February 15, 2016, an ICE-ERO Deportation Officer received a duty call from a New Hampshire State Police Trooper who stated that that he had stopped a vehicle for speeding on I-93. The vehicle was occupied by five individuals, three of whom refused to provide identification or answer the Trooper’s questions. 

            Two ICE-ERO officers traveled to the scene to provide assistance.  Upon arriving, they observed the New Hampshire State Trooper in a foot pursuit of the defendant.  The Trooper pursued the defendant for approximately 150 to 200 yards before apprehending him to discover that the defendant was not in possession of a valid driver license.  The defendant was then transported to the Rockingham County Department of Corrections.  

            A search incident to arrest led to the discovery of a Guatemalan drivers’ license in the name of Hilmar Chavez-Sanchez.  The ICE-ERO officers were able to determine that Chavez-Sanchez had been previously deported in 2009 and again in 2011. 

            Chavez-Sanchez will again be deported.

            The case was investigated by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Alfred Rubega. 

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