Deportee With Violent History Gets Prison Time: Prosecutor

MANCHESTER, CT — A deportee with a violent history in the U.S. has been given a prison sentence, a leading prosecutor said.

John H. Durham, United States attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Juan Carlos Acosta, also known as “Juan Carlos Acosta Santos,” 32, a citizen of El Salvador whose last listed address was in Manchester, was sentenced Monday by Chief U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to six months of imprisonment for illegally re-entering the U.S. after being deported.

According to court documents and statements made in court, on Sept. 27, 2006, Acosta was convicted in Manchester Superior Court of first-degree assault and sentenced to one year of imprisonment, time served, and a one-day conditional discharge.

On December 11, 2006, he was "removed" to El Salvador, Durham said.

In Feb. 2015, Acosta was arrested in East Hartford for second-degree breach of peace and interfering, Durham said.

On April 17, 2015, he was deported to El Salvador without a resolution on the state charges, Durham said.

In December 2015, Acosta was found in the U.S. near Rio Grande Valley, Texas. On December 23, 2015, he was removed to El Salvador.

On Feb. 12, 2017, Connecticut State Police arrested Acosta for second-degree assault with a weapon, and related misdemeanor offenses, Durham said.

Acosta has been detained since his last arrest, Durham said.

On Nov. 30, 2017, he pleaded guilty to one count of illegal re-entry of a removed alien.

The state charges against Acosta are pending in Rockville Superior Court, Durham.

The matter was investigated by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Enforcement and Removal Operations.

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