U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the U.S. Marshals Service and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested Virginia Basora-Gonzalez, a 36-year-old citizen of the Dominican Republic, in Philadelphia during a joint operation on March 12.
Basora-Gonzalez has prior convictions for attempted possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and aiding and abetting. She was previously removed from the U.S. and reentered the country without admission by an immigration official.
The Drug Enforcement Administration arrested and charged Basora-Gonzalez in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania with attempted possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl and aiding and abetting on June 6, 2019.
Basora-Gonzalez was sentenced to 12 months, one day of confinement, and four years of supervised release on March 12, 2020, after pleading guilty to the charges.
ICE removed Basora-Gonzalez from the United States to the Dominican Republic on October 6, 2020.
ICE issued Basora-Gonzalez a notice of intent to reinstate the final order of removal on March 12 and, on the same day, obtained a federal arrest warrant and criminal complaint from a U.S. magistrate judge and turned her over to the U.S. Marshals Service.
She will remain in federal custody pending charges for reentry after deportation in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
