GREENBELT, MD – Erbeth Gomez-Delgado, 48, of Hyattsville, Maryland, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Lydia Kay Griggsby to 24 months in federal prison for illegally reentering the United States after being deported. This sentence follows his conviction for Reentry After Deportation, a crime he was found guilty of in November 2024 following a three-day trial.
The case was announced by Erek L. Barron, U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland, alongside Matthew Davies, Acting Director of Field Operations at U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in the Baltimore Field Office.
The evidence presented at trial revealed that Gomez-Delgado, a convicted child sexual abuse offender, was first encountered by U.S. Customs and Border Protection on July 29, 2016, when he crossed the U.S.-Mexico border near the Rio Grande in Texas. He entered the country without inspection and was deported to Guatemala on the same day.
However, in February 2019, law enforcement authorities discovered that Gomez-Delgado had reentered the U.S. unlawfully. He was arrested and charged with sexually abusing a minor in Prince George’s County, Maryland. During the trial, prosecutors proved that Gomez-Delgado had returned to the U.S. voluntarily and unlawfully before February 2019, without obtaining permission from the Attorney General or the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security to reenter.
U.S. Attorney Barron commended the efforts of U.S. Customs and Border Protection throughout the investigation and trial, as well as Assistant U.S. Attorney LaShanta Harris and U.S. Department of Justice Trial Attorney Shriram Harid for their work prosecuting the case.
Gomez-Delgado’s illegal reentry underscores the ongoing importance of border security and the U.S. legal system’s commitment to holding individuals accountable for violations of immigration laws.
