Guatemalan Man In Waltham Indicted On Illegal Reentry Charge

WALTHAM, MA — A Guatemalan national residing in Waltham has been indicted by a federal grand jury for unlawfully reentering the United States after deportation, officials with the U.S. Attorney's Office in Massachusetts said.

Mynor Lopez-Lopez, also known as Mynor Alexander Lopez, 37, was charged with one count of unlawful reentry of a deported alien.

Lopez was arrested by immigration authorities on May 7. He will appear in federal court in Boston on June 26.

According to the indictment, Lopez was deported from the United States on March 24, 2009. It is alleged that, sometime after his 2009 removal, Lopez illegally reentered the United States without permission.

The charge of unlawful reentry of a deported alien provides for a sentence of up to two years in prison, one year of supervised release and a fine of up to $250,000.

Lopez is also subject to deportation upon completion of any sentence imposed.

This arrest comes as what Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said was a "monthlong enforcement operation focusing on transnational organized crime, gangs and egregious illegal alien offenders throughout the Commonwealth of Massachusetts."

Law enforcement officials claim said 1,461 arrests were made and claim that over half had "significant criminal convictions or charges."

During that time, ICE officials in Waltham came under fire for how they went about apprehending people, which included smashing a van window and leaving a child alone on the streets.