El Salvadoran National Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison for Illegally Reentering the U.S.

Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that SALVADOR HERRERA MORALES, 30, a citizen of El Salvador last residing in East Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 24 months of imprisonment for illegally reentering the United States after being deported.

According to court documents and statements made in court, in March 2014, Herrera Morales stabbed a victim in East Hartford. In August 2015, he was convicted in state court of assault in the first degree and sentenced to seven years of incarceration. After serving his sentence, Herrera Morales was removed to El Salvador in April 2021. In 2022, he illegally reentered the U.S.

In April 2022, Herrera Morales was arrested by East Hartford Police following an incident at a bar where he was intoxicated, punched a security guard, and kicked and shattered a glass door. In June 2022 he was sentenced in state court of criminal mischief and received a sentence of 364 days of imprisonment, execution suspended, and one year of probation.

In April 2023, East Hartford Police arrested Herrera Morales for disorderly conduct, assault in the third degree, risk of injury to a child, and threatening in the second degree. These state charges are pending.

Herrera Morales has been detained since his federal arrest on April 26, 2023. On January 9, 2024, he pleaded guilty to illegal reentry.

This matter was investigated by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert S. Dearington.