BUFFALO – U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that Dimas Bonerge Aguilar Medina, 27, a citizen of Honduras, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara, to illegal re-entry. Aguilar Medina was sentenced to time served and turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Fauzia K. Mattingly, who handled the case, stated that Aguilar Medina is an alien without any legal status in the United States. In January 2016, he was physically removed from the United States. On April 13, 2025, Aguilar Medina was found in Erie County. He was a passenger in a vehicle stopped by the Erie County Sheriff’s Department. Aguilar Medina did not have any documents allowing him to be lawfully present in the United States.
This case is part of Operation Take Back America, a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime.
The plea and sentencing are the result of an investigation by the Erie County Sheriff’s Department under Sheriff John Garcia, and U.S. Border Patrol, under the direction of Patrol Agent in Charge Martin B. Coombs.