An Ecuadorian national who was previously deported from the U.S. four times has been sentenced to just over a year in prison for entering the country illegally after he was found by Border Patrol agents in Maine, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maine announced Friday.
Cristian Paul Pinguil-Caguana, 37, of Ecuador, was sentenced Friday in U.S. District Court in Bangor to 12 months and one day in prison, after which he will be deported from the U.S. for the fifth time.
Pinguil-Caguana has been incarcerated since Oct. 6, 2023, and pleaded guilty to entering the U.S. after a prior removal on Nov. 27, 2023.
According to court records, during an investigation of another individual with an open immigration detainer, U.S. Border Patrol agents encountered Pinguil-Caguana in a vehicle with the individual who was under investigation in the area of Jackman, Maine.
Immigration records showed that Pinguil-Caguana had been previously removed from the U.S. on four occasions, most recently in September 2021 at Alexandria, Louisiana, the Maine U.S. Attorney’s Office stated.
The Ecuadorian national had not obtained the express consent of the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to reapply for admission, prosecutors said.
The case was investigated by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
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There must be a real sheriff in Jackman
Wouldn’t it be a lot easier to just enforce the border? Put up the wall and prevent this madness. Now we have to pay for this guy for a year.
Now let us see if the police can catch the Saco shooters. There were 3 of them. and what about the Biddeford address on a New York drivers licence.
What happens with this guy after he leaves prison?
So glad we enforce the immigration laws. It’s great we have such strong leadership that has a handle on ours borders.😂(sarcasm)
Neecee- Leadership starts at the top and 3 of them are up for election this Fall, King, Pingree, Jarit Vote them out
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Only a year of free housing, food, medical, education.
He is only a small part of the problem. No one seems to notice the burden on schools to educate all these individuals at no cost to them. Children and adult alike. Or when a 21 year old is in high school so they family can get other benefits. Add to that Medicaid, food stamps and tanf. Who is paying for their housing? Motel room or apartment. How much general assistance is given by towns or state or NGO? What about those that claim asylum get a Maine id and all the benefits they (in many cases) demand and then they are denied to stay in the country and yet the state continues paying? Perhaps the one that has a child born in USA and then uses that child’s social security number to work, not report income and continue government benefits.
At some point hopefully people will ‘see’ ALL that is given to those that break law(s) and are rewarded.