A Guatemalan national, Rigoberto Cano Perez, has admitted to illegally reentering the United States after being deported in November 2024. The announcement was made by Acting United States Attorney Sara Miron Bloom.
Perez, aged 28, was initially removed from the U.S. by Immigration and Customs Enforcement following a conviction in Rhode Island state court for simple assault and/or battery and disorderly conduct in December 2023.
On May 12, 2025, immigration officers identified Perez through an automated biometric fingerprint match after he was arrested in Rhode Island for violating a domestic no-contact order and on a domestic disorderly conduct charge.
Perez is set to be sentenced on August 28, 2025. The sentence will be determined by a federal district judge based on the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
Assistant United States Attorneys Taylor A. Dean and Peter I. Roklan are prosecuting the case, which was investigated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
This case is part of Operation Take Back America, a nationwide initiative aimed at combating illegal immigration and transnational criminal organizations while protecting communities from violent crime perpetrators.
