Dominican National Sentenced for Illegal Reentry

BOSTON – A Dominican national was sentenced yesterday for illegally reentering the United States after previously being deported.

Eddy Arias Tejada, 45, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Leo T. Sorokin to 57 months in prison and three years of supervised release. Upon completion of his sentence, he will be placed into removal proceedings. Arias Tejada previously pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful reentry of a deported alien.

As stated during court hearings, Arias, a Dominican national, has been deported from the United States on three occasions between 1998 and 2017. Sometime after his 1998 removal, Arias illegally returned to the United States. In 2004, Arias was charged with cocaine distribution, convicted and sentenced to three years in prison. Upon completion of that sentence, Arias was placed into removal proceedings and deported on March 25, 2009 to the Dominican Republic.

Sometime after the 2009 removal, Arias illegally returned to the United States. In 2014, Arias was arrested in Quincy and determined to be illegally present in the United States. He was charged in federal court with illegal reentry of a deported alien and sentenced to 42 months in prison. Upon completion of that sentence, Arias was placed into removal proceedings and deported on March 7, 2017 to the Dominican Republic.

Sometime after his 2017 removal, Arias illegally returned to the United States. In August 2019, Arias was arrested in Quincy and charged with trafficking cocaine. That charge is currently pending in the Norfolk Superior Court. In May 2020, Arias was charged in this case.

Acting United States Attorney Nathaniel R. Mendell and Todd Lyons, Field Office Director, Enforcement and Removal Operations, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Boston made the announcement. Assistant U.S. Attorney Kenneth G. Shine of Mendell’s Major Crimes Unit prosecuted the case.