ERO Boston arrests Mexican national charged with child sexual abuse material crime in Massachusetts

BOSTON — Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston apprehended an unlawfully present 40-year-old Mexican citizen charged with disorderly conduct, child pornography, and photographing, videotaping or electronically surveilling a partially nude or nude person. Officers with ERO Boston arrested Abraham Malpica Sept. 13 in Roxbury.

“Abraham Malpica will have his day in court, but he stands accused of some deviant an disturbing behavior,” said ERO Boston Field Office Director Todd. M. Lyons. “We cannot tolerate such a threat to the children of our Massachusetts neighborhoods. ERO Boston will continue to prioritize public safety by arresting and removing egregious noncitizen offenders from New England.”

U.S. Border Patrol apprehended Malpica Aug. 8, 2002, after he unlawfully entered the United States near Benson, Arizona. USBP voluntarily returned him to Mexico.

On Aug. 19, 2002 and Aug. 22, 2002, USBP arrested Malpica after he unlawfully reentered the United States near Calexico, California. USBP voluntarily returned Malpica to Mexico on both occasions.

Malpica unlawfully reentered the United States on an unknown date, at an unknown location, without being inspected, admitted or paroled by a U.S. immigration official.

The Boston Police Department arrested Malpica Sept. 12. The next day, the Roxbury District Court arraigned Malpica on charges of disorderly conduct, child pornography, and photographing, videotaping or electronically surveilling a partially nude or nude person.

On Sept. 13, ERO Boston lodged an immigration detainer against Malpica with the Boston Police Department. Later that day, officers from ERO Boston took custody of Malpica at the Roxbury District Court and served him with a notice to appear before a Department of Justice immigration judge.

Detainers are critical public safety tools because they focus enforcement resources on removable noncitizens who have been arrested for criminal activity. Detainers increase the safety of all parties involved — ERO personnel, law enforcement officials, removable noncitizens and the public — by allowing an arrest to be made in a secure and controlled custodial setting as opposed to at-large within the community. Because detainers result in the direct transfer of a noncitizen from state or local custody to ERO custody, they also minimize the potential that an individual will reoffend. Additionally, detainers conserve scarce government resources by allowing ERO to take criminal noncitizens into custody directly rather than expending resources locating these individuals at-large.

ERO conducts removals of individuals without a lawful basis to remain in the United States, including at the order of immigration judges with Department of Justice’s Executive Office for Immigration Review. The Executive Office for Immigration Review is a separate entity from the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Immigration judges in these courts make decisions based on the merits of each individual case, determining if a noncitizen is subject to a final order of removal or eligible for certain forms of relief from removal.

Members of the public can report crimes and suspicious activity by dialing 866-DHS-2-ICE (866-347-2423) or completing the online tip form.

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