BOSTON – A Dominican national who unlawfully resided in Massachusetts pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston to illegally reentering the United States after having been deported on three separate occasions. The defendant has previously been convicted of drug trafficking, aggravated identity theft and wire fraud dating as far back as 1997.
According to the Massachusetts Department of Justice, 57-year-old Wilson Radhames Peguero Brea, a/k/a Jose Perez Antonio pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful reentry of a deported alien with a prior felony conviction. U.S. District Court Judge Myong Joun scheduled sentencing for Sept. 16, 2026. The defendant was previously charged by criminal complaint in February 2026 and indicted in April 2026. He is currently in ICE custody.
According to the charging documents, Peguero has illegally entered the United States at least four times, and used numerous aliases, including aliases belonging to U.S. citizen victims. In 1997, under an alias associated with a U.S. citizen victim, Peguero was convicted of drug trafficking. He was removed from the United States in 2005 and thereafter illegally reentered the country. In 2016, Peguero was arrested and charged by the state with possession of a fraudulently obtained driver’s license. That criminal case remains in default status. He was removed from the U.S. a second time in 2016…