Source: US Marshals Service
Baltimore, MD – The U.S. Marshals Service Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force (CARFTF), in coordination with the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office (MD), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) – Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) recovered a missing juvenile during a fugitive apprehension operation yesterday in Frederick, Maryland.
During the operation law enforcement personnel arrested Denis Misael Dominguez Reyes, 27, a citizen of El Salvador and an alleged member of the MS-13 street gang, pursuant to a Final Order of Removal issued by federal immigration authorities. Information obtained during the investigation indicated that Dominguez Reyes may have been harboring a 16-year-old female juvenile, also from El Salvador, who had been reported missing to the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office.
Given the elevated risk factors associated with the case, the U.S. Marshals Service mobilized to support local law enforcement in the recovery of the minor. Dominguez Reyes was located and taken into custody near 501 W. 7th Street in Frederick, MD. During the arrest, the missing juvenile was safely recovered and turned over to local authorities for appropriate care and reunification with her family.
“Assisting our state and local partners to recover critically missing children is a top priority of the United States Marshals Service,” stated Clinton J. Fuchs, U.S. Marshal for the District of Maryland. “We will continue to do everything we can to find these children and safely reunite them with their families.”
Dominguez Reyes is currently in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and remains subject to removal proceedings.
Participating partners in this investigation included: U.S. Marshals Service; Immigration and Customs Enforcement – Enforcement and Removal Operations; Homeland Security Investigations; and Frederick County Sheriff’s Office.