IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS 
DIVISION OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 
                                            Plaintiff, 
v. 
ANIBAL VEGA ARIZMENDI, 
Defendant. 
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Case No. 3:25-cr-0052 
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ORDER 
 
THIS MATTER comes before the Court on the Report and Recommendation of the 
United States Magistrate Judge dated August 6, 2025, ECF No. 27, recommending that the 
Defendant’s plea of guilty to Counts One through Six of the Information, Transporting an 
Illegal Alien, each of which charges violations of Title 8, United States Code, Section 
1324(a)(1)(A)(ii), be accepted, and the defendant be adjudged guilty. After careful 
consideration and review, and there being no objection, it is hereby 
ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation, ECF No. 27, is ADOPTED; it is 
further 
ORDERED that Defendant Anibal Vega Arizmendi’s plea of guilty as to Counts One 
through Six of the Information is ACCEPTED, and that Anibal Vega Arizmendi is adjudged 
GUILTY on these counts; it is further 
ORDERED that, pursuant to Fed. R. Crim. P. 32(c)(1)(A), the U.S. Probation Office shall 
conduct a presentence investigation for the preparation of a presentence report; it is further 
ORDERED that the U.S. Probation Office shall disclose the preliminary presentence 
report to the parties no later than October 16, 2025; it is further 
ORDERED that the parties shall submit any objections or corrections to the 
preliminary presentence report to the U.S. Probation Office no later than October 30, 2025; 
it is further 
ORDERED that the U.S. Probation Office shall disclose the final presentence report to 
the parties and the Court no later than November 13, 2025; it is further 
 
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ORDERED that the parties shall file their sentencing memoranda no later than 
November 28, 2025; it is further 
ORDERED that a sentencing hearing shall be held on December 4, 2025, at 9:00 
A.M. in STT Courtroom No. 1. 
 
Dated: September 2, 2025  
/s/ Robert A. Molloy______________ 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
ROBERT A. MOLLOY 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Chief Judge 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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