A Brazilian national living in Worcester, Massachusetts, was sentenced in federal court for reentering the United States after being deported. Thiago Aquino De Paula, 33, received a six-month prison sentence from U.S. District Court Judge Margaret R. Guzman. After completing his sentence, Aquino De Paula will be subject to deportation.
In June 2025, Aquino De Paula pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful reentry of a deported alien following his indictment by a federal grand jury in April 2025. He had previously been deported from the United States on three occasions, most recently on or about November 4, 2021. Authorities discovered that he had returned to Massachusetts without permission after he was arrested in Uxbridge for allegedly operating under the influence.
“United States Attorney Leah B. Foley and Patricia H. Hyde, Acting Field Office Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Enforcement and Removal Operations in Boston made the announcement. Assistant U.S. Attorney Kaitlin J. Brown of the Worcester Branch Office prosecuted the case.”
