Crime & Safety
Framingham Man Guilty For Illegal Reentry Into U.S.: DOJ
A 42-year-old man living in Framingham pleaded guilty to illegally entering the country after previous failed attempts.
FRAMINGHAM, MA — A Guatemalan man residing in Framingham recently pleaded guilty to illegally reentering the United States after deportation, the United States Attorney's Office in Boston said.
Carmen Jimenez-Cruz, 42, pleaded guilty to illegal reentry before U.S. District Court Judge Angel Kelley, who scheduled sentencing for May 11, 2023. Jimenez-Cruz was indicted by a federal grand jury in September 2022.
In May 2013, Jimenez-Cruz had a run-in with federal immigration authorities after he illegally crossed the Mexican border into Texas without being admitted by an immigration officer, a news release said. He was removed from the United States in June 2013.
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Sometime after his removal, Jimenez-Cruz illegally reentered the United States and one month later, in July 2013, Jimenez-Cruz was again met by federal immigration authorities in Texas. He was removed from the United States for the second time shortly thereafter in July 2013.
On an unknown date and place, Jimenez-Cruz illegally reentered the United States again, officials said.
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In April 2019, federal immigration authorities located Jimenez-Cruz at the Middlesex County House of Correction where he was being held pretrial on unrelated state charges.
According to court records, in May 2022, Jimenez-Cruz was convicted of strangulation and suffocation and assault and battery on a family or household member, and was sentenced to an 11-month split sentence followed by probation until May 2023.
Upon completion of his sentence, Jimenez-Cruz was released from state prison without notification to federal immigration authorities, officials said.
Jimenez-Cruz was later located in September 2022 when he was identified as a passenger during a motor vehicle stop in Framingham.
Jimenez-Cruz was taken into custody, and fingerprints from the booking process were confirmed as an identical match to a prior removal verification document.
The charge provides for a maximum sentence of two years in prison, one year of supervised release and a fine of $250,000.
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