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June 30, 2023Boston, MA, United StatesEnforcement and Removal

ERO Boston removes fugitive sought by Brazilian authorities for murder, hiding a corpse

On June 23, deportation officers from ERO Boston removed Luiz Fernando Moreira de Assuncao Olivera, a 39-year-old unlawfully present Brazilian citizen wanted in his home country for murder and hiding a corpse.
On June 23, deportation officers from ERO Boston removed Luiz Fernando Moreira de Assuncao Olivera, a 39-year-old unlawfully present Brazilian citizen wanted in his home country for murder and hiding a corpse.

BOSTON — Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston removed Luiz Fernando Moreira de Assuncao Oliveira to Brazil on June 23. Moreira, a 39-year-old unlawfully present citizen of Brazil, was wanted for convictions of homicide and concealment and was sentenced to incarceration in Brazil.

“This is another great example of teamwork and dedication of the ERO Boston team,” said ERO Boston Field Office Director Todd Lyons. “Because of their professionalism and hard work, this dangerous convicted killer is now off our streets and can no longer pose any threat to our safety. He will now be held accountable for his crimes in his country because of the outstanding teamwork of ERO Boston officers.”

In July 2021, Moreira was admitted to the United States in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, but violated the terms of his admission.

In February 2023, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) attache in Brazil notified ERO Boston that Moreira had been designated as a foreign fugitive and was wanted by law enforcement in the state of Goiania, Brazil, where he had been convicted of homicide and sentenced in December 2018 to serve 19 years and 10 months imprisonment.

Following investigation initiated by ERO Boston, Moreira was arrested without incident in Quincy, Massachusetts, on April 25, 2023. He was served with a notice to appear before an immigration judge with the Justice Department’s Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), who issued a final order of removal on June 8. He was removed via ICE Air Operations June 23.

ICE Air Operations facilitates the transfer and removal of noncitizens via commercial airlines and chartered flights in support of ICE field offices and other U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) initiatives. In fiscal year 2022, ERO conducted 72,177 removals to more than 150 countries worldwide.

Noncitizens placed into removal proceedings receive their legal due process from federal immigration judges in the immigration courts, which are administered by EOIR, 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.

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.

Members of the public who have information about foreign fugitives are urged to contact ICE by calling the ICE tip line at 866-347-2423 or internationally at 001-1-802-872-6199. They can also file a tip online by completing ICE’s online tip form. Callers may remain anonymous.

For more news and information on how the ERO Boston field office carries out its immigration enforcement mission, follow us on Twitter @EROBoston.

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