ERO Boston arrests fugitive wanted for murder in Jamaica in Bridgeport, Connecticut
HARTFORD, Conn. — Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston’s Fugitive Operations Team officers arrested an unlawfully present fugitive wanted in Jamaica for murder in Bridgeport on April 14.
“I want to commend the excellent work of our team in Hartford for this arrest,” said ERO Boston Field Office Director Todd Lyons. “Officers with our Fugitive Operations team arrested this individual, who is wanted for murder in his home country, safely and without incident. This arrest is a testimony to the professionalism our officers maintain while carrying out ERO’s important public safety mission.”
ERO officers in Hartford discovered that the unlawfully present individual was wanted since May 2022 by law enforcement authorities in Westmoreland, Jamaica, on charges of murder, unlawful possession of a firearm and wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm.
In June 2022, U.S. Border Patrol in San Ysidro, California apprehended the Jamaican national and served him a notice to appear before an immigration judge. He was paroled from ICE custody.
On April 14, 2023, ERO Boston officers assigned to an ERO Hartford Fugitive Operations Team arrested the subject without incident in Bridgeport.
Noncitizens placed into removal proceedings receive their legal due process from federal immigration judges in the immigration courts, which are administered by the Justice Department’s Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR). EOIR is an agency within the U.S. Department of Justice and is separate from the Department of Homeland Security and ICE. Immigration judges in these courts make decisions based on the merits of each individual case. ERO officers carry out the removal decisions made by the federal immigration judges.
ERO officers make enforcement decisions on a case-by-case basis in a professional and responsible manner, informed by their experience as law enforcement officials and in a way that best protects against the greatest threats to the homeland and the integrity of U.S. immigration laws.
As one of ICE’s three operational directorates, ERO is the principal federal law enforcement authority in charge of domestic immigration enforcement. ERO’s mission is to protect the homeland through the arrest and removal of those who undermine the safety of U.S. communities and the integrity of U.S. immigration laws, and its primary areas of focus are interior enforcement operations, management of the agency’s detained and non-detained populations, and repatriation of noncitizens who have received final orders of removal. ERO’s workforce consists of more than 7,700 law enforcement and non-law enforcement support personnel across 25 domestic field offices and 208 locations nationwide, 30 overseas postings, and multiple temporary duty travel assignments along the border.
In fiscal year 2022, ERO arrested 46,396 noncitizens with criminal histories. This group had 198,498 associated charges and convictions, including 21,531 assault offenses; 8,164 sex and sexual assault offenses; 5,554 weapons offenses; 1,501 homicide-related offenses; and 1,114 kidnapping offenses.
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