A Honduran national has been sentenced in a federal court in Boston for unlawfully reentering the United States after deportation. Manuel A. Padilla, aged 36, received a six-month prison sentence from U.S. District Court Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton, followed by one year of supervised release.
In April 2025, Padilla admitted guilt to one count of unlawful reentry of a deported alien following an indictment by a federal grand jury in February 2025.
Padilla initially entered the U.S. illegally in 2003 and was voluntarily removed to Mexico on March 4, 2003. He returned at an unknown date and faced charges of disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, and witness intimidation in 2007. This led to his removal to Honduras on March 15, 2010.
Despite this removal, Padilla unlawfully reentered the U.S., where he was charged with multiple counts of assault and battery in January 2013 before being removed again on June 28, 2013.
Following his third entry into the U.S., Padilla was charged with assault with a dangerous weapon and operating under the influence of alcohol. On August 2, 2024, he received a continuation without finding for operating under the influence. His arrest by immigration authorities occurred in January 2025.
The announcement came from United States Attorney Leah B. Foley and Patricia H. Hyde, Field Office Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Enforcement and Removal Operations in Boston. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Sandra Gonzalez Sanchez and David G. Tobin from the Major Crimes Unit.
