A Honduran national living in Waltham, Massachusetts, was sentenced in federal court for illegally reentering the United States after being deported. Samuel Cruz Alvarado, 63, received a sentence of time served, totaling three and a half months. U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Stearns handed down the sentence in Boston. Following this decision, Cruz Alvarado will face deportation proceedings.
Cruz Alvarado pleaded guilty in August 2025 to one count of unlawful reentry of a deported alien. He was arrested on May 5, 2025, and indicted by a federal grand jury the following month.
According to court records, Cruz Alvarado had previously been deported from the United States twice, most recently on November 26, 2012. After his last removal from the country, he returned without authorization.
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 announced the sentencing. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Allegra Flamm of the Major Crimes Unit.
