United States of America v. Americo Lopes-Da Silva

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Brazilian Man Sentenced for Illegally Reentering the US After Prior Removal</h2></center></b></b></center></><br>
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A Brazilian man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Bangor for re-entering the country after being deported.<br>
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Americo Lopes-Da Silva, 37, to time served. Lopes-Da Silva pleaded guilty on May 20, 2025.<br>
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On April 7, 2025, a U.S. Border Patrol Agent from the Rangeley Border Patrol Station was on routine patrol when he ran the license plate of a white van from Massachusetts. He learned that the van was registered to a person who entered the United States in 2018 but had overstayed their visa. The agent stopped the vehicle to investigate further and found the driver and his passenger, Lopes-Da Silva, to be the vehicle's only two occupants. Both men acknowledged that they did not have lawful authority to be in the country. The agent transported both men back to the Border Patrol station where further checks revealed that Lopes-Da Silva had been ordered removed and deported from the U.S. in 2021.<br>
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The U.S. Border Patrol investigated the case.<br>
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Operation Take Back America: This case is part of Operation Take Back America, a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. Operation Take Back America streamlines efforts and resources from the Department's Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) and Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN).<br>
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