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ERO Washington, D.C. removes noncitizen wanted in El Salvador for aggravated rape
WASHINGTON — Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Washington, D.C. removed an undocumented noncitizen wanted by authorities in El Salvador for aggravated rape. Deportation officers from ERO Washington’s Criminal Apprehensions Program removed Jose Fredis Carranza del Cid, 29, from the United States to El Salvador on Oct. 27.
“Jose Carranza del Cid allegedly fled justice in his home country and settled here in Virginia, where he continued to disregard the law and cause potential harm to Virginia residents,” said ERO Washington, D.C. Assistant Field Office Director Daniel Nichols. “We refuse to sit idly by while criminal elements use our communities as hideouts from law enforcement in their native countries. ERO Washington will not relent in our efforts to apprehend such offenders and return them to the law enforcement agencies seeking to administer justice.”
Carranza unlawfully entered the United States on an unknown date and at an unknown location without being admitted or inspected by an immigration official.
The government of El Salvador issued an arrest warrant for Carranza for aggravated rape in March 2014.
The Roanoke City Circuit Court in Roanoke, Virginia, convicted Carranza of possession of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute and sentenced him to five years of incarceration in August 2022.
Pursuant to an immigration detainer filed against him, Virginia’s Baskerville Correctional Center transferred Carranza to ERO Washington’s custody Aug. 31.
On Sept. 1, ERO Washington issued Carranza a final order of removal as a noncitizen convicted of an aggravated felony.
Upon his arrival in El Salvador, the ERO El Salvador Security Alliance for Fugitive Enforcement (SAFE) task force successfully transferred custody of Carranza to local law enforcement authorities.
ERO conducts removals of individuals without a lawful basis to remain in the United States, including at the order of immigration judges with the Justice Department’s Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR). EOIR is a separate entity from DHS and ICE. 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.
As one of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) 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.
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