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Citizen Of Peru Sentenced For Illegal Reentry: Feds

A citizen of Peru last residing in Hartford will serve a prison sentence for illegal reentry.

HARTFORD, CT — A citizen of Peru last residing in Hartford was sentenced to 10 months in prison for illegal reentry, according to a statement from federal prosecutors. Cesar Ruben Yllescas, 45, was arrested in 2014 for possession of narcotics.

He pleaded guilty in 2015 to that offense and a charge of failing to appear in court. He served a six month prison sentence and was deported to Peru in 2016.

Yllescas was arrested on May 8, 2019, in Hartford, and has been detained since his arrest. On September 11, he pleaded guilty to illegal reentry.

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