Category: Homeland Security

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The rioters will not stop or slow ICE down from arresting criminal illegal aliens

WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released more information about some of the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens arrested during the ongoing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operation in Los Angeles (LA), California (CA). These arrests occurred June 9 and 10 despite prolonged violent riots and assaults on ICE and other federal law enforcement officers.

“Murderers, pedophiles, and drug traffickers. These are the types of criminal illegal aliens that rioters are fighting to protect. How much longer will Governor Newsom and Mayor Karen Bass continue to prioritize these criminal illegal aliens over their own citizens?” said Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin. “Secretary Noem has a message to the LA rioters: you will not stop us or slow us down. ICE will continue to enforce the law and arrest criminal illegal aliens.”

Below is a list of some of the violent criminal illegal aliens arrested in ICE’s Los Angeles Operation on June 9 and 10:

Gerardo Antonio-Palacios, an illegal alien from Mexico, was arrested by ICE Los Angeles. He has criminal convictions for homicide and burglary. He was previously deported.

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Mab Khleb

ICE Los Angeles arrested Mab Khleb, a 53-year-old illegal alien from Cambodia. Khleb’s criminal history includes a conviction for transport of a controlled substance, possession of controlled substance, lewd action with a child, and battery.

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Sang Louangprasert

ICE Los Angeles arrested Sang Louangprasert, a 66-year-old illegal alien from Laos. Louangprasert’s criminal history includes a conviction for lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 14 in Fresno, CA and inflicting corporal injury, spouse or cohabitant in Santa Barbara, CA.

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Antonio Benitez-Ugarte

Antonio Benitez-Ugarte, an illegal alien from Mexico, was arrested by ICE Los Angeles and has been convicted of drug trafficking.

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Alberto Morales-Mejia

Alberto Morales-Mejia, an illegal alien from Mexico, was arrested by ICE Los Angeles and has criminal convictions for manufacturing amphetamine. He also has previous arrests for document fraud and possession of a weapon.

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Raul Teran-Guillen

Raul Teran-Guillen, an illegal alien from Mexico, was arrested by ICE Los Angeles and has prior arrests for human smuggling and money laundering.

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Carlos Alberto Escobar-Flores

ICE Los Angeles arrested Carlos Alberto Escobar-Flores, a 43-year-old illegal alien from Honduras. Escobar’s criminal history includes a conviction for Grand Theft: Money/ Labor/ Property.

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Jose Jimenez-Alvarado

ICE Los Angeles arrested Jose Jimenez-Alvarado, a 48-year-old illegal alien from Honduras. Jimenez’s criminal history includes a felony conviction for two counts of theft.

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Jesus Romero-Retana

ICE Los Angeles arrested Jesus Romero-Retana, a 52-year-old illegal alien from Mexico and a criminal history including convictions for threatening crime with intent to terrorize and battery.

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This illegal alien has been charged with attempted murder

WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested Emiliano Garduno-Galvez—an illegal alien from Mexico—for attempted murder after he threw a Molotov cocktail at law enforcement during the Los Angeles riots.  

On June 9, 2025, ICE agents in Los Angeles arrested Garduno-Galvez after he was identified as a suspect who allegedly threw a Molotov cocktail at law enforcement during the Los Angeles riot on Saturday, June 7. Last night, he was charged with attempted murder.

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“Emiliano Garduno-Galvez is a criminal illegal alien from Mexico who threatened the lives of federal law enforcement officers by attacking them with a Molotov cocktail during the violent riots in Los Angeles. ICE arrested Garduno-Galvez, and he is now being charged with attempted murder. These are the types of criminal illegal aliens that rioters are fighting to protect,” said Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin. “The Los Angeles rioters will not stop us or slow us down. And if you lay a hand on a law enforcement officer, you will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.” 

Garduno-Galvez had previously been deported. He has a previous criminal record: In 2024, Garduno-Galvez was arrested by the Anaheim Police Department in California for grand theft and by the Long Beach Police Department for a DUI.

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Politicians, media attempt to gaslight Americans, call lawless riots in the sanctuary state of California peaceful

WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today released the following statement setting the record straight and condemning the destruction caused by the violent rioters in Los Angeles, California.  

Sanctuary politicians and the media have falsely claimed these are “peaceful” riots.

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“While the mainstream media and far-left politicians have lied point-blank to Americans that these riots in Los Angeles have not been violent, the American people can see with their own eyes the truth,” said Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin. “Rioters are throwing rocks and Molotov cocktails at law enforcement, defacing public property, setting cars on fire, defacing buildings, assaulting law enforcement, and burning American flags. The violent targeting of law enforcement in Los Angeles by lawless rioters is despicable and Democrat politicians must call for it to end.”

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Click here for video showing rioter throwing rocks at law enforcement in Los Angeles.

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Click here for video showing rioter lighting fire to police vehicles on overpass in Los Angeles.

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Click here for video showing rioters launching rocks toward CBP in Los Angeles.

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With a free flight, $1,000 stipend, and forgiveness of fines, illegal aliens have no excuse to stay in the United States  

WASHINGTON — Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced illegal aliens who self-deport through the CBP Home App will receive forgiveness of any civil fines or penalties for failing to depart the United States (U.S.). Currently an illegal alien can be fined nearly $1,000 per day they do not depart after a final deportation order. Additionally, an illegal alien can also be fined for failing to depart in a timely manner after a voluntary departure order. DHS has issued over 9,000 fine notices to illegal aliens for a total of almost $3 billion. In addition, DHS has made the CBP Home Mobile App more user friendly by eliminating certain steps and making it easier than ever for illegal aliens to self-deport.  

“If you are here illegally, use the CBP Home App to take control of your departure and receive financial support to return home,” said Secretary Kristi Noem. “If you don’t, you will be subjected to fines, arrest, deportation and will never be allowed to return. If you are in this country illegally, self-deport NOW and preserve your opportunity to potentially return the legal, right way.”   

Illegal aliens who use the CBP Home Mobile App to self-deport also receive cost-free travel and a $1,000 exit bonus, paid after their return is confirmed through the app. Self-deportation is the safest and most cost-efficient way to leave the U.S. By self-deporting, illegal aliens take control of their departure and may preserve the opportunity to come back to the U.S. the right and legal way in the future.   

CBP Home is available for free on any Apple or Android device via Apple’s App Store and Google Play, or directly from DHS.gov. For further information, visit DHS.gov/CBPhome.  

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California sanctuary politicians and rioters are defending heinous illegal alien criminals including child pedophiles and other violent criminal illegal aliens at the expense of Americans’ safety

WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released more information about some of the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens arrested during the ongoing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operation in Los Angeles. These arrests occurred on June 8 despite violent riots and assaults on ICE law enforcement. 

“These heinous criminals, including child abusers and pedophiles, are some of the illegal aliens arrested yesterday in Los Angeles. Why do Governor Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass care more about violent criminal illegal aliens than they do about protecting their own citizens?” said Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin. “These rioters in Los Angeles are fighting to keep rapists, murderers, and other violent criminals loose on Los Angeles streets. Instead of rioting, they should be thanking ICE officers who every single day wake up and make our communities safer.”

Below is a list of some of the violent criminal illegal aliens arrested in ICE’s Los Angeles Operation on Sunday:

Eswin Uriel Castro

ICE arrested Eswin Uriel Castro, a previously deported illegal alien. Castro has criminal convictions for child molestation and being armed with a dangerous weapon. He has also been arrested for robbery and domestic violence. 

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Anastacio Enrique Solis-Salinas

ICE arrested Anastacio Enrique Solis-Salinas, a convicted criminal from Nicaragua. His criminal history includes convictions for domestic violence and hit and run. Additionally, he’s been arrested for willful cruelty to a child.

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Rafael Gamez-Sanchez

ICE arrested Rafael Gamez-Sanchez, an illegal alien, with a criminal conviction for vehicular manslaughter. 

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Miguel Angel Palafox-Montes

ICE arrested Miguel Angel Palafox-Montes, an illegal alien, with criminal convictions for grand theft, narcotics violations, and identity theft. He has also been arrested for battery and burglary. Palafox-Montes has previously been voluntarily returned to Mexico twice. 

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Dzhakhar Aslambekov

ICE arrested Dzhakhar Aslambekov, an illegal alien from Russia. Aslambekov was recently detained for fraud related to Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards used to access government assistance programs. 

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This criminal illegal alien is who Governor Newsom, Mayor Bass and the rioters in Los Angeles are trying to protect over U.S. citizens

WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is revealing further details of Cuong Chanh Phan’s, one of the criminal illegal aliens arrested in Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) operation in Los Angeles, criminal past.  

According to local reports in 1994, Phan and his gang member associates were asked to leave a high school graduation party following a dispute. They returned with semiautomatic weapons and fired shots at 30 partygoers. Dennis Buan, 18, of South Pasadena and David Hang, 15, of San Marino, California were killed, and seven others were wounded.

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Following the shooting, more than 120 sheriff’s deputies and police officers launched a manhunt that resulted in the arrests of Phan and eight other alleged gang members linked to the murders and shootout. 

“It is sickening that Governor Newsom and Mayor Bass continue to protect violent criminal illegal aliens at the expense of the safety of American citizens and communities. This cold-blooded killer is who the rioters are trying to protect over U.S. citizens,” said Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin. “The brave men and women of ICE put their lives on the line every day to arrest violent criminals like this and protect the lives of American citizens.” 

On June 7, ICE arrested Cuong Chanh Phan, a 49-year-old illegal alien from Vietnam. His criminal history includes a conviction for second degree murder.

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California politicians and rioters are defending heinous illegal alien criminals at the expense of Americans safety

WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published additional information about some of the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens arrested during Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Los Angeles operation.

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Rolando Veneracion-Enriquez

ICE arrested Rolando Veneracion-Enriquez, a 55-year-old illegal alien from the Philippines. His criminal history includes burglary in Ontario, CA with a sentence of four years in prison, sexual penetration with a foreign object with force and assault with intent to commit rape in Pomona, CA with a sentence of 37 years in prison. 

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Lionel Sanchez-Laguna

ICE Los Angeles Lionel Sanchez-Laguna, a 55-year-old illegal alien from Mexico. Sanchez-Laguna’s criminal history includes discharging a firearm at an inhabited dwelling and vehicle in Orange, CA with a sentence of 365 days in jail, battery on spouse or cohabitant in Orange, CA with a sentence of four years of probation, willful cruelty to child in Orange, CA with a sentence of four years of probation, driving under the influence in Orange, CA with a sentence of ten days in jail, assault with semi-automatic firearm in Orange, CA with a sentence of three years in prison, and personal use of a firearm in Orange, CA with a sentence of three years in prison.

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Armando Ordaz

ICE arrested Armando Ordaz, a 44-year-old illegal alien from Mexico. Ordaz’s criminal history includes sexual battery in Los Angeles, CA with a sentence of 135 days of jail and five years of probation, receiving known or stolen property in Norwalk, CA with a sentence of 90 days in jail and three years of probation, and petty theft in Los Angeles, CA with a sentence of 365 days in jail and four years of probation.

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Francisco Sanchez-Arguello

ICE arrested Francisco Sanchez-Arguello, a 38-year-old illegal alien from Mexico. Sanchez-Arguello’s criminal history that includes arrests for grand theft larceny and possession of a prohibited weapon.

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Jose Gregorio Medranda Ortiz

ICE arrested Jose Gregorio Medranda Ortiz, a 42-year-old illegal alien from Ecuador. Medranda Ortiz’s criminal history includes conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more cocaine while on board a vessel in Tampa, FL with a sentence of 135 months in prison.

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Victor Mendoza-Aguilar

ICE arrested Victor Mendoza-Aguilar, a 32-year-old illegal alien from Mexico. His criminal history includes a conviction for possessing unlawful paraphernalia in Pasadena, CA with a sentence of 112 days jail, possessing controlled substances in Pasadena, CA with a sentence of 16 months in jail, assault with a deadly weapon: not firearm in Pasadena, CA with a sentence of four years in prison; obstructing a public officer in Pasadena, CA with a sentence of 364 days in jail.

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Delfino Aguilar-Martinez

ICE arrested Delfino Aguilar-Martinez, a 51-year-old illegal alien from Mexico. Aguilar-Martinez’s criminal history includes assault with a deadly weapon with great bodily injury in Los Angeles, CA with a sentence of 365 days in jail. 

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Jose Cristobal Hernandez-Buitron

ICE arrested Jose Cristobal Hernandez-Buitron, 43-year-old illegal alien from Peru. Hernandez-Buitron’s criminal history that includes a conviction for robbery that resulted in a 10-year sentence.

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Jordan Mauricio Meza-Esquibel

ICE arrested Jordan Mauricio Meza-Esquibel, 32-year-old illegal alien from Honduras. Meza-Esquibel’s criminal history that includes arrests for distribution of heroin and cocaine and domestic violence.

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Jesus Alan Hernandez-Morales

ICE arrested Jesus Alan Hernandez-Morales, a 26-year-old illegal alien from Mexico. His criminal history includes conspiracy to transport an illegal alien in Las Cruces, NM with a sentence of 239 days in jail. 

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This violence against ICE must end 

WASHINGTON – Last night, over 1,000 rioters surrounded a federal law enforcement building and assaulted ICE law enforcement officers, slashed tires, defaced buildings, and taxpayer funded property. It took the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) 2 hours to respond.  

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 Idaho is helping DHS keep America safe 

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Idaho Governor Brad Little announced that the state of Idaho has signed a new agreement to support President Trump’s deportation agenda.

Idaho State Police will be working with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to send hundreds of criminal illegal aliens in Idaho jails to ICE detention facilities for deportation. This agreement was made under the 287g authority of the Immigration and Nationality Act.

“287(g) is critically important to our strategy of having the enforcement that we need to really address the criminal activities that we’ve seen out on the ground,” said Secretary Noem. “It has been wonderful to see people jump in and be a part of it to make sure that we have not just the authorities that we need to go out there and to work, but also to have the local knowledge and the people in the community that really want to be a part of the solution. We are looking for more agreements like that across the country, and we will continue to build on it.”

Under President Trump and Secretary Noem’s leadership, DHS has expanded enforcement cooperation with state and local law enforcement to historic levels. Since President Trump took office, ICE has signed hundreds of new agreements, bringing the current total to 649.

Announcing the agreement, Governor Little said: “Idaho is stepping up to help the Trump administration transport illegal immigrants with criminal histories out of our jails and to ICE facilities, where they will be deported out of our country. These criminals here illegally have committed crimes such as domestic violence, robbery, driving under the influence, and other dangerous activities that threaten Idaho families, but in counties across our state they are being released back into our communities after arrest. This is unacceptable. Idaho has taken many steps to increase our coordination with the Trump administration in the enforcement of our nation’s immigration laws, and I want to further strengthen our state’s partnership with President Trump to help address the national emergency posed by years of reckless border policies under the Biden-Harris administration.”

“I’m really encouraged to see Idaho making its communities safer by signing on with our 287(g) program,” said Acting Director of ICE Todd Lyons. “You have to remember that we’re talking about criminals — and often, they won’t take an arrest sitting down — so when local jails are allowed to turn them over to ICE in a safe setting, we don’t need to send dozens of federal law enforcement officers into the public to make arrests. Partnerships like this one keep offenders out of communities and protect our families, friends and neighbors.”

DHS has recently conducted several successful 287g operations with its partners, including:

• Operation Tidal Wave in Florida, which arrested nearly 1,200 criminal illegal aliens.
• An operation in Nashville, TN that arrested nearly 200 criminal illegal aliens.
• An operation in Salt Lake City, UT that arrested 52 criminal illegal aliens.

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Nearly 1,500 illegal aliens were arrested in sanctuary Massachusetts including rapists, kidnappers, and other violent criminals

WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published further details about the success of Operation Patriot in Massachusetts. DHS is highlighting some of the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens who were arrested and then released into Massachusetts (MA) communities because of sanctuary policies.

“Under President Trump and Secretary Noem’s leadership, ICE arrested nearly 1,500 illegal aliens in sanctuary Massachusetts during a month-long operation” said Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin. “Outrageously, many of these criminal illegal aliens—including rapists, kidnappers, and other violent criminals were arrested and RELEASED by local authorities because of sanctuary policies. These policies make Americans less safe.”

Below are a few of the worst of the worst arrests made during the month-long surge by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) all of whom had previous ICE detainers which were ignored by local authorities.

Marcelino De Leon Yoc

ICE Boston arrested Marcelino De Leon Yoc, a 32-year-old illegal alien from Guatemala and a registered sex offender who has pending criminal charges in Boston, MA for five counts of indecent assault and battery on a person 14 or older. He was arrested in Roxbury, MA for aggravated rape of child with a 10-year age gap and indecent assault and battery of a person 14 or older. Two ICE detainers were not honored—one from the Suffolk Superior Court in Boston, MA and another one from Nashua Street Jail in Boston, MA. He is pending removal and will remain in ICE custody.

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John Tobon Vargas

ICE Boston arrested John Tobon Vargas, a 22-year-old illegal alien from Colombia. Previously, on February 14, 2025, the Boston, MA Municipal Court in Roxbury, MA arraigned him on charges of felony breaking and entering, kidnapping, aggravated rape, and indecent assault and battery on a person 14 or older. The Boston Municipal Court released him without notifying ICE, despite an immigration detainer being in place. He is pending removal proceedings and will remain in ICE custody.

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Kebler Lasso

ICE Boston also arrested Kebler Lasso, an illegal alien from Ecuador. On July 24, 2018, he was convicted for soliciting to commit murder and was sentenced to one year in jail. He was released by the Brockton District Court in MA and placed on GPS without honoring the immigration detainer in place. On May 5, 2025, ERO Boston arrested him in Brockton, MA.

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Denis Javier Aguirre Murillo

ICE Boston arrested Denis Javier Aguirre Murillo, a 37-year-old illegal alien from Honduras, whose most recent arrest in Fall River, MA was for rape, indecent assault and battery on person 14 or older, witness intimidation, and kidnapping a minor by relative. He has a conviction in Boston, MA for illegal re-entry. He also has several other arrests in MA including lewd and lascivious conduct, sexual conduct for fee, and multiple convictions for operating a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol. Furthermore, he has a conviction for operating while intoxicated in Iowa and served one year prison. On February 19, 2025, the Bristol County Sheriff’s Office did not honor his ICE detainer, and he was released. 

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Luciano Pereira De Oliveira

ICE Boston arrested Luciano Pereira De Oliveira, a 29-year-old illegal alien from Brazil, pending charges in Edgartown, MA for aggravated rape of a child with force, possession child pornography, and dissemination of obscene material. He has another arrest in Edgartown, MA for assault and battery of family and kidnapping. On July 28, 2024, an ICE detainer was lodged, but the Edgartown District Court in MA did not honor the detainer and released him. He was arrested as part of Operation Patriot and will be processed for expedited removal.

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Jose Wilfredo Lopez-Martin

ICE Boston arrested 40-year-old Jose Wilfredo Lopez-Martin, an illegal alien from Guatemala, who has been charged with for the following: assault and battery with a dangerous weapon – hammer, threatening to commit crime, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon – vehicle, assault and battery of family, strangulation/suffocation, and intimidation of a witness. On October 16, 2024, the Lynn District Court in MA released him and did not honor the ICE detainer. 

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Graviel Nolasco

ICE Boston arrested Graviel Nolasco, a 52-year-old illegal alien from Guatemala, at large in Lynn, MA. On an unknown date and location, he entered the U.S. without admission or parole. He has been removed from the U.S. on four prior occasions. He has a conviction in Peabody, MA for operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol and malicious destruction of property. He has 15 total adult arraignments in Lynn, MA, for crimes such as assault and battery on a household (3x), strangulation/suffocation, intimidation of witness, Abuse Prevention Act, and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. The Lynn District Court in MA released him on January 7, 2025, and did not honor the immigration detainer. He will remain in ICE custody pending referral to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for prosecution for re-entry after deportation. 

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Senat Dufren

ICE Boston arrested Senat Dufren, 33, an illegal alien from Haiti, in Waltham, MA. He was previously arrested in Roxbury, MA for assault and battery and malicious destruction of property, and ICE subsequently lodged an immigration detainer with the Nashua Street Jail in Boston, MA. On April 3, 2024, he was released, and the detainer was not honored. He was then arrested again on February 19, 2025, in Waltham, MA for assault and battery, assault and battery on a pregnant victim, and assault and battery of a family/household.

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Jose Luis Ledezma

ICE Boston arrested Jose Luis Ledezma, an illegal alien from Ecuador, who had been previously removed from the U.S. and has pending criminal charges in Barnstable, MA for operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol, leaving scene with person injured, and operating a vehicle with  suspended license. He had another arrest in Barnstable for assault and battery with a dangerous weapon – hammer. On March 21, 2025, an ICE detainer was lodged with Barnstable County House of Corrections, but it was not honored, and he was later released. He will be prosecuted for illegal entry. 

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Jefferson Adrian Patin Quinaloa

ICE Boston arrested Jefferson Adrian Patin Quinaloa, a 21-year-old illegal alien from Ecuador, who has convictions for operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol and operating negligently, as well as pending charges for aggravated assault and battery – serious bodily injury, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, and assault to rob. On February 20, 2024, the Brighton District Court in MA released him and did not honor the ICE detainer. On May 5, 2023, the Plymouth Superior Court in MA released him and did not honor the ICE detainer. He is now in ICE custody.

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