Criminal illegal alien sentenced to prison for assaulting ICE officers during Massachusetts arrest
The Guatemalan criminal illegal alien bit, head-butted, struck and spat at officers during his arrest for immigration violations
BOSTON / January 27, 2026 — Guido Andres Alexander Cuellar-Batres, a criminal illegal alien from Guatemala, was sentenced in federal court Jan. 12 to eight months in prison and one year of supervised release for attacking ICE officials during a targeted enforcement action. Cuellar, who has prior charges for assault and battery on a family or household member, was grew violent and rand attacked federal law enforcement officials, biting, hitting and head-butting them.
“ICE is prepared to arrest Cuellar when he’s released from prison,” said ICE Boston acting Field Office Director Dave Wesling. “He overstayed a nonimmigrant visa by more than four years, and he’s been sentenced to a crime that falls under the Laken Riley Act. When we initially arrested him, he attacked our officers and a DEA agent — and under this administration, there is zero tolerance for those who violently assault the brave men and women of ICE Boston who are on the ground fighting to keep our communities safe.”
On May 4, 2025, ICE officials and federal partners approached Cuellar’s vehicle and him to step out of the car in both English and in Spanish. He refused to get out of the car, unlock the vehicle or keep his hands visible.
Because he aggressively refused to comply with lawful commands and because officers couldn’t see what he was doing with his hands – causing them to fear for their safety and for that of others, they removed Cuellar from the vehicle. He violently resisted arrest, biting one officer and attempting to bite another. He also struck one officer in the head multiple times. He continued to resist even while handcuffed, fighting the officers’ attempts to put him in the rear seat of their vehicle. At that point, Cuellar head-butted an officer and spat into an officer's eyes.
Cuellar pleaded guilty Oct. 30, 2025, to forcibly assaulting, resisting, opposing, impeding, intimidating or interfering with federal officers engaged in the performance of official duties.
The charge of forcibly assaulting, resisting, opposing, impeding, intimidating, or interfering with federal officers engaged in the performance of official duties provides for a sentence of up to eight years in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of up to $250,000. Sentences are imposed by federal district court judges based upon the U.S. sentencing guidelines and applicable statutes.
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Source: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE.gov)
