News Releases and Statements

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Enforcement and Removal Operations in New York City arrested unlawfully present Mexican citizen Jose Hernandez Sachez, Dec. 19. Hernandez has convictions for third degree sexual abuse among other charges.

Those included removal flights to Brazil, Central America, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, and Peru. If a noncitizen arrives and has no legal basis to remain in the United States, they are processed and removed quickly, consistent with U.S. law.

Jeovann Anthony Forde, 23, a citizen of Jamaica living in Philadelphia, was arrested during a targeted enforcement operation without incident.

ICE's ERO Boston arrested an El Salvadoran national, Dec. 17, who is wanted on felony charges of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14. Hugo Israel Ruiz, 55, was arrested Aug. 22 by Revere Police Department and sent to the Chelsea District Court.

ICE's ERO Boston arrested a 68 -year-old El Salvadoran national Dec. 17, who is wanted for failing to register as a Sex Offender. Candelario Navarrete was arraigned by the East Boston, Massachusetts District Court for the offense of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender, on May 2, the case is pending.

Luis Balmore Borja-Bautista unlawfully entered the United States on May 17, 2017, and is an active member of the 18th Street Security Threat Group with several pending felony charges.

In FY 2024, ERO worked to improve its operational efficiency through several modernization initiatives, continued its interior enforcement efforts, cared for all noncitizens in ICE custody, and delivered case management services to those on the non-detained docket while optimizing the agency’s removal capabilities to manage the large influx of border crossers.

Consistent with ICE protocols, the appropriate components were notified about the death, including the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General, and the ICE Office of Professional Responsibility. Additionally, ERO Dallas notified the next of kin as well as the Consulate General of India in Houston.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Chief of Staff Michael Lumpkin met with representatives from CoreCivic Dec. 17 to discuss operations and the agency’s detained population’s needs. ICE works closely with private detention contractors, including CoreCivic, to manage its detained docket and provide housing for those in its custody.

ICE's ERO New York City arrested Raymond Rojas Basilio, a previously removed citizen of Mexico convicted of forcible touching of the sexual/intimate parts of another person, Dec. 17. The victim is less than 11-years old.

ICE's ERO Chicago, with assistance from ERO San Diego, Harlingen, Texas, Mexico City, and ERO Removals’ International Operations Division, today removed Osiel Cardenas Guillen, 57, a known zeta cartel member, to Mexico, where he is wanted for homicide and illegal possession of a firearm.

ICE's ERO Philadelphia arrested Gora Tourie Fall, a 34-year-old citizen of Senegal, during a targeted enforcement operation on Dec. 10, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Those included removal flights to Angola, Cameroon, Central America, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, Peoples Republic of China, and Zambia.

ICE's ERO Boston arrested Fernando Rodrigues De Lima, a Brazilian fugitive wanted in his home country to finish serving a prison sentence for aggravated robbery and other crimes.

ICE's ERO Boston arrested 43-year-old Anderson De Sousa Almedia Nov. 30. The Everett Police Department had arrested him July 6 and charged him with assault and battery on a family or household member, assault with a dangerous weapon, and assault and battery.

ICE's ERO Boston arrested Luan Lucas De Sousa Goncalves, 21, Dec. 2. De Sousa is a Brazilian national who unlawfully entered the United States July 22, 2023, and has been charged with rape and indecent assault and battery on a person over the age of 14.

ICE's ERO Houston, with assistance from ERO El Salvador and the SAFE Task Force, removed Carlos Alfredo Montano-Velasquez, a 32-year-old unlawfully present Salvadoran national, from the United States Dec. 6. Montano-Velasquez is a documented member of the 18th Street Gang and is wanted in El Salvador for criminal conspiracy.

ICE's ERO Newark officers, with assistance from FBI Newark, arrested a total of 12 noncitizens from Chile, Colombia and Peru connected to South American theft groups.

Dennis Arnoldo Zeledon Hernandez, an unlawfully present Salvadoran noncitizen, was sentenced Dec. 4 to one year and six months in prison for obstructing an agency proceeding.

Those included removal flights to Brazil, Central America, Chad, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Haiti, Mexico, Nepal, Nigeria, and Turkmenistan.

Officers from ICE's ERO Raleigh Fugitive Operations Team arrested 39-year-old Rene Arturo Canas-Rivas, a citizen and national of El Salvador, on Nov. 30.

Special Management Units include housing units for noncitizens in administrative, non-punitive segregation or disciplinary segregation at ICE detention facilities.

ICE's ERO Boston removed Adrian Patricio Huerta-Nivelo, a 25-year-old Ecuadoran national wanted for questioning following the rape of a minor, invasion of privacy and a violation of exit prohibition in his home country, on Dec. 3.

ICE's ERO Dallas Field Office arrested Ricardo Ernesto Nunez, an unlawfully present 60-year-old citizen of El Salvador, Nov. 29.

ICE's ERO arrested Salvador Castro Garcia, 46, after the Brockton District Court released him on bail Nov. 21. Castro, a Honduran national who also goes by the name Jose Luis Sanchez-Cruz, is accused of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14 and assault and battery.