BOSTON – A Dominican national who unlawfully resided in Dorchester, Mass. was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for 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. Wilson Radhames Peguero Brea, a/k/a Jose Perez Antonio, 57, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Myong J. Joun to time served (eight months in prison), to be followed by two years of supervised release. The government recommended a sentence of 21 months in prison. The defendant is subject to deportation upon completion of the imposed sentence. In July 2026, Peguero Brea pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful reentry of a deported alien with a prior felony conviction. The defendant was previously charged by criminal complaint in February 2026 and indicted in April 2026. He is currently in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody.
Peguero Brea 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 Brea was convicted of drug trafficking. He was removed from the United States in 2005 and thereafter illegally reentered the country. In 2016, Peguero Brea 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. After Peguero Brea illegally entered the U.S. a third time, he was charged in Dorchester District Court with trafficking cocaine and fentanyl in a criminal case that remains in warrant status. According to court documents, Peguero Brea’s Massachusetts criminal history is associated with his alias Jose Perez Antonio. In 2021, Peguero Brea was arrested and charged with his true name in federal court for aggravated identity theft and wire fraud. He was convicted of both charges on Jan. 11, 2023, and sentenced to more than two years in federal prison. In 2023, Peguero Brea was removed from the United States a third time. Peguero Brea then illegally reentered the United States a fourth time and was encountered by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials on Feb. 5, 2026, while using a false identity document. United States Attorney Leah B. Foley and David T. Wesling, Acting Field Office Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Enforcement and Removal Operations in Boston made the announcement today. Assistant U.S. Attorney Julissa Walsh of the Major Crimes Unit prosecuted the case.