Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MARLON AMAYA-LOPEZ, also known as Elder Figueroa, 34, a citizen of Honduras last residing in Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arteron in New Haven to 12 months of imprisonment for illegally reentering the U.S. after being deported.

According to court documents and statements made in court, Amaya-Lopez was previously deported and removed from the U.S. to Honduras following a felony conviction in 2007 in Connecticut Superior Court for attempted robbery in the second degree, and again in 2015 following a misdemeanor conviction for theft of property.  He illegally reentered the U.S. in 2016.  In February 2020 and again in January 2021, Amaya-Lopez was arrested in Bridgeport for motor vehicle violations.

Amaya-Lopez has been detained since his federal arrest on November 30, 2022.  He pleaded guilty to the offense on January 3, 2023.

This matter was investigated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys and Stephanie T. Levick and Neeraj N. Patel.

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