A 57-year-old Salvadoran man, formerly living in Methuen, who was already serving a 20-25-year Massachusetts prison sentence for rape of child, was sentenced Wednesday in federal court in Boston for unlawfully reentering the United States after deportation.
Agustin Landaverde-Romero was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Stearns to 21 months in prison to be served simultaneously with his state sentence. He is subject to deportation upon completion of the imposed sentence.
In July 2020, Landaverde-Romero was arrested and charged with rape of child and rape of child by force in Essex County Superior Court. He was convicted and, in May 2023, was sentenced to 20-25 years in state prison. In 2023, while serving his sentence, Landaverde-Romero was identified during a screening of inmates and found to have unlawfully returned to the United States after being deported in 1999.
Landaverde-Romero pleaded guilty this past February to unlawful reentry of a deported alien after being indicted by a federal grand jury last year.