ICE arrests Guatemalan alien convicted of firearm crime and charged abduction by force, strangling Virginia woman
Local jurisdiction refused to honor ICE detainer despite alien offender’s previous conviction for federal firearms crime
CHANTILLY, Va. — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in partnership with the Virginia State Police, arrested an illegally present Guatemalan national who was previously convicted of a federal firearms crime and is currently charged with abduction by force, assault on a family member and felony strangulation causing injury. Officers with ICE Washington, D.C. and VSP apprehended Wilmer Ramos-Giron, 34, in Chantilly April 24. Additionally, Ramos-Giron illegally reentered the United States twice after having been deported.
“Wilmer Ramos-Giron represents a significant threat to our Virginia residents,” said ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Washington, D.C. Field Office Director Russell Hott. “He has displayed a blatant disregard for our immigration laws, and more importantly, for the safety and wellbeing of our community. He is a violent and recidivist threat to public safety that ICE Washington, D.C. cannot tolerate. Regardless of the obstacles placed in our way, we remain committed to prioritizing public safety. The men and women of ICE Washington, D.C. will continue to arrest and remove criminal alien threats from our Washington, D.C. and Virginia neighborhoods, and ensure their victims receive the justice they so rightly deserve.”
Ramos-Giron illegally entered the United States at an unknown location, on an unknown date, and without being inspected, admitted, or paroled by a U.S. immigration official.
On Feb. 17, 2012, the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office in Chantilly arrested Ramos-Giron for brandishing a firearm. Later that day, ICE Washington, D.C. issued Ramos-Giron a notice to appear before a Justice Department immigration judge.
On March 29, 2012, the DOJ immigration judge ordered Ramos-Giron removed from the United States to Guatemala. ICE removed Ramos-Giron from the United States April 19, 2012.
Ramos-Giron illegally reentered the United States at an unknown location, on an unknown date, and without being inspected, admitted, or paroled by a U.S. immigration official.
Officers with ICE Washington, D.C. arrested Ramos-Giron April 16, 2019, at the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center pursuant to a federal warrant for alien in possession of a firearm. Officers issued Ramos-Giron an order to reinstate a previous removal order.
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia court convicted Ramos-Giron July 12, 2019, of alien in possession of a firearm and sentenced him to nine months in prison.
ICE again removed Ramos-Giron Jan. 21, 2020, from the United States to Guatemala following his release from federal prison.
Ramos-Giron illegally reentered the United States at an unknown location, on an unknown date, and without being inspected, admitted, or paroled by a U.S. immigration official.
On Jan. 27, Fairfax County Police arrested Ramos-Giron and charged him with felony abduction by force, assault on a family member and felony strangulation causing injury. Later that day, ICE Washington, D.C. filed an immigration detainer against Ramos-Giron with the Fairfax County Sherriff's Office; however, the detention center refused to honor the detainer and released Ramos-Giron back into the community without notifying ICE.
Officers with ICE Washington, D.C. and VSP arrested Ramos-Giron April 24 in Chantilly. Ramos-Giron remains in ICE custody.
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