PHILADELPHIA, PA — Two foreign nationals who returned to the United States after being previously deported were sentenced this week in federal court, U.S. Attorney David Metcalf announced.
Dagoberto Herrera-Abreu, also known as Roberto Rovira, 52, a citizen of the Dominican Republic, was sentenced Monday by U.S. District Judge Mia Roberts Perez to 12 months and one day in prison for illegal reentry. He will be deported following his prison term.
Herrera-Abreu was first removed from the U.S. in 2010 after serving a state prison sentence for drug trafficking in Philadelphia and additional time for absconding from a treatment facility. In July 2024, he was encountered during a narcotics search in Northeast Philadelphia and later pleaded guilty to a drug offense in state court. After completing his sentence earlier this year, he was transferred to federal custody, indicted for illegal reentry, and pleaded guilty in April.
Claudio Reyes-Morales, 36, of Mexico, was sentenced Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Paul S. Diamond to time served — just over two months — for illegal reentry. He, too, will be deported.
Reyes-Morales was previously removed from the U.S. in 2011 and 2012 following border patrol encounters in Arizona. He came to the attention of federal authorities after a February 2025 arrest by Norristown police. He was later taken into custody by Homeland Security agents and pleaded guilty in August.
Both prosecutions are part of Operation Take Back America, a Justice Department initiative aimed at combating illegal immigration, dismantling cartels, and targeting transnational criminal organizations.
The cases were investigated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Homeland Security Investigations, and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Robert Schopf and Michael Miller.
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