Ecuadorian National Sentenced to 1 Year and 1 Day for Illegally Entering the US After a Prior Removal

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Pinguil-Caguana will be deported following incarceration

BANGOR, Maine: An Ecuadorian national was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Bangor for entering the United States after a prior removal.

Chief U.S. District Judge Lance E. Walker sentenced Cristian Paul Pinguil-Caguana, 37, to 12 months and one day in prison. Pinguil-Caguana has been incarcerated since October 6, 2023. He pleaded guilty on November 27, 2023.

According to court records, during an investigation of another individual with an open immigration detainer, U.S. Border Patrol personnel in the Jackman area encountered Pinguil-Caguana in a vehicle with that individual. Pinguil-Caguana identified himself as from Ecuador and reported that he was in the country illegally. Immigration records showed that he had previously been removed from the U.S. on four occasions, mostly recent in September 2021 at Alexandria, Louisiana, and had been prosecuted a total of four times for immigration offenses. Pinguil-Caguana had not obtained the express consent of the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to reapply for admission.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection investigated the case.

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Updated April 26, 2024