Guido Andres Alexander Cuellar-Batres, a criminal illegal alien from Guatemala, was sentenced in federal court Jan. 12 to eight months in prison and one year of supervised release for attacking ICE officials during a targeted enforcement action. Cuellar-Batres, who has prior charges for assault and battery on a family or household member, grew violent and attacked federal law enforcement officials, biting, hitting and head-butting them.
“ICE is prepared to arrest Cuellar when he’s released from prison,” said ICE Boston acting Field Office Director Dave Wesling. “He overstayed a nonimmigrant visa by more than four years, and he’s been sentenced to a crime that falls under the Laken Riley Act. When we initially arrested him, he attacked our officers and a DEA agent — and under this administration, there is zero tolerance for those who violently assault the brave men and women of ICE Boston who are on the ground fighting to keep our communities safe.”
Cuellar-Batres pleaded guilty Oct. 30, 2025, to forcibly assaulting, resisting, opposing, impeding, intimidating or interfering with federal officers engaged in the performance of official duties…