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Worst of the Worst

Worst of the Worst

Ever wonder who ICE officers and agents are arresting in your community?

Check out our latest high-profile and worst of the worst arrests to get a closer look at the criminal aliens we’ve recently taken into custody. Each of the illegal aliens you see here has been convicted or accused of heinous crimes that put the American public at risk — but they’re currently in ICE custody or have already been removed from the United States.

  • Ixsai Zuniga-Perez

    Ixsai Zuniga-Perez

    ICE Washington D.C. arrested Ixsai Zuniga-Perez, a 24-year-old Guatemalan criminal alien, on Aug. 24. He has a pending charge for driving while intoxicated with a child in the vehicle in Stafford County, Virginia.

  • Masedonio Sandoval

    Masedonio Sandoval

    ICE New Orleans arrested Masedonio Sandoval, a 24-year-old criminal alien from Mexico, on Aug. 24. He's been arrested for possession of a controlled substance and prison contraband in Chilton County, Alabama; possession of drug paraphernalia in Hoover, Alabama, and property crimes (entering someone's home) in Tarrant, Alabama.

  • Ismail Insan

    Ismail Insan

    ICE New York City arrested Ismail Insan, a 23-year-old sexual predator from Turkiye, on Aug. 24. He's been arrested for third-degree rape of someone incapable of consent.

  • Marion Andres Gomez-Arenas

    Marion Andres Gomez-Arenas

    ICE Atlanta arrested Marion Andres Gomez-Arenas, a Colombian criminal alien who has bee arrested 23 times and convicted of crimes 18 times, including for fraud, forgery, shoplifting, DUI, obstruction of a law enforcement officer, possession of tools for the commission of a crime, false identification documents and probation violations throughout Georgia. 

  • Angel Ramirez-Martinez

    Angel Ramirez-Martinez

    ICE Salt Lake City arrested Angel Ramirez-Martinez, a 24-year-old criminal alien from Mexico, on Aug. 24. He's been arrested for distributing a controlled substance in Salt Lake City, Utah.

  • Jorge Vagas

    Jorge Vagas

    ICE Newark arrested Jorge Vagas, a 43-year-old violent criminal alien from Mexico, on Aug. 24. He's been arrested for assault; making terroristic threats; harassment; violating a domestic violence order; endangering, abusing or neglecting a child; aggravated assault; robbery; receiving stolen property; and unlawful possession of a weapon.

  • Arturo Serrano-Zeferino

    Arturo Serrano-Zeferino

    ICE Atlanta arrested Arturo Serrano-Zeferino, a 35-year-old violent criminal alien from Mexico, on Aug. 24. He's been convicted of felony stalking, domestic violence, and violating an order of protection in Wake County, North Carolina. He was sentenced to up to 19 months in prison.

  • Madai Perez-Perez

    Madai Perez-Perez

    ICE San Francisco arrested Madai Perez-Perez, a 33-year-old criminal alien from Guatemala, on Aug. 23. He's been convicted of willfully poisoning another person's food in Placer County, California, and was sentenced to less than a year in jail.

  • Lissbet Agustina Soc-Ixcotoyac

    Lissbet Agustina Soc-Ixcotoyac

    ICE New Orelans arrested Lissbet Agustina Soc-Ixcotoyac, a 26-year-old criminal alien from Guatemala, on Aug. 23. She's been convicted of DUI and leaving the scene of an accident.

  • Long Duc Tran

    Long Duc Tran

    ICE Atlanta arrested Long Duc Tran, a 50-year-old violent criminal alien from Vietnam, on Aug. 23. He's been convicted of assault in Montgomery County, Maryland, and of aggravated malicious wounding with a firearm in Arlington, Virginia. He was sentenced to one year for the assault conviction and five years for wounding someone with a firearm.

  • Dalvaone Chanthavixai

    Dalvaone Chanthavixai

    ICE Detroit arrested Dalvaone Chanthavixai, a 51-year-old violent criminal alien from Laos, on Aug. 22. He's been convicted of attempted murder and was sentenced to 18 years in prison.

  • Miguel Martinez

    Miguel Martinez

    ICE Atlanta arrested Miguel Martinez, a 41-year-old child sex predator from Mexico, on Aug. 22. He's been convicted of third-degree sexual exploitation of a child and disseminating obscenity to a child in Washington County, North Carolina, and was sentenced to 17 months behind bars.

  • Barbaro Reyes-Gomez

    Barbaro Reyes-Gomez

    ICE San Antonio arrested Barbaro Reyes-Gomez, a 46-year-old criminal alien from Cuba, on Aug. 22. He's been convicted of alien smuggling in Eagle Pass, Texas, and was sentenced to 13 months in prison.

  • Marcellino Ochoa-Mendez

    Marcellino Ochoa-Mendez

    ICE New Orleans arrested Marcellino Ochoa-Mendez, a 45-year-old criminal alien from Mexico, on Aug. 22. He's been convicted of selling cocaine and possessing a firearm in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for which he was sentenced to five years in prison. He's also been convicted of receiving stolen property and entering a locked vehicle in West Allis, Wisconsin.

  • Bala Acharya

    Bala Acharya

    ICE Buffalo arrested Bala Acharya, a 41-year-old criminal alien from Bhutan, on Aug. 22. He's been convicted of aggravated driving while intoxicated with a child passenger under the age of 16 in Rochester, New York. He was sentenced to six years in prison.

  • Manuel Ivan Castillo Estrada

    Manuel Ivan Castillo Estrada

    ICE Houston arrested Manuel Ivan Castillo Estrada, a 36-year-old sexual predator from Mexico, on Aug. 22. He's been convicted of sexually assaulting a child in Hidalgo County, Texas, and was sentenced to two years in prison.

  • David Pineda-Medrano

    David Pineda-Medrano

    ICE St. Paul arrested David Pineda-Medrano, a 38-year-old violent sexual predator from Guatemala, on Aug. 21. He's been convicted of attempted first-degree child sexual abuse and sexual abuse of a child in Washington, D.C., and of assault causing bodily injury or mental illness in Pocahontas County, Iowa.

  • Roque Aaron Nunez Dominguez

    Roque Aaron Nunez Dominguez

    ICE San Diego arrested Roque Aaron Nunez Dominguez, a 32-year-old criminal alien from Mexico, on Aug. 21. He's been convicted for felony distribution of opiates, narcotics or stimulants; felony criminal use of a weapon; criminal carrying of a weapon; and use or possession of drug paraphernalia in Merriam, Kansas.

  • Simeon De La Cruz Paredes

    Simeon De La Cruz Paredes

    ICE Miami arrested Simeon De La Cruz Paredes, a 57-year-old criminal alien from the Dominican Republic, on Aug. 21. He's been convicted of alien smuggling and smuggling goods in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and was sentenced to 37 months in prison.

  • Jorge Andres Garcia Celis

    Jorge Andres Garcia Celis

    ICE Los Angeles arrested Jorge Andres Garcia Celis, a 44-year-old sexual predator from Mexico, on Aug. 21. His criminal history includes molesting a child under the age of 18 in San Luis Obispo, California.

  • Chew Seng Saepharn

    Chew Seng Saepharn

    ICE Detroit arrested Chew Seng Saepharn, a 59-year-old citizen of Laos, on Aug. 21. He's been arrested for dangerous drugs, larceny, damage to property, assault, resisting a police officer, operating under the influence and domestic violence.

  • Somphet Chanthasombath

    Somphet Chanthasombath

    ICE Dallas arrested Somphet Chanthasombath, a 51-year-old criminal alien from Laos, on Aug. 21. He's been convicted of aggravated assault, assault and battery, use of vehicle in the discharge of a weapon, transporting a loaded firearm, possession of a weapon and stalking in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

  • Ja Mi

    Ja Mi

    ICE Atlanta arrested Ja Mi, a 28-year-old sexual predator from Thailand, on Aug. 21. He's been convicted of second-degree forcible rape in Orange County, North Carolina, and was sentenced to 12 years in prison.

  • Leonardo Varela-Lopez

    Leonardo Varela-Lopez

    ICE Salt Lake City arrested Leonardo Varela-Lopez, a 28-year-old violent criminal alien from Mexico, on Aug. 21. He's been convicted of drunk driving three times and once of assault in Salt Lake City, Utah.

  • Junior Alexi Medina-Fuentes

    Junior Alexi Medina-Fuentes

    ICE Houston arrested Junior Alexi Medina-Fuentes, a 23-year-old criminal alien from Honduras, on Aug. 21. He's been convicted of aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon in Harris County, Texas, and was sentenced to six years in prison.

  • Nelson Bolivar

    Nelson Bolivar

    ICE Boston arrested Nelson Bolivar, a 60-year-old violent criminal alien from the Dominican Republic, on Aug. 21. He's been convicted of drug trafficking, possession of a controlled substance, conspiracy to violate the Controlled Substance Act, assault and battery, aggravated identity theft, compulsory insurance violation and operating without a license in Massachusetts.

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