ICE arrests Guatemalan illegal alien after DUI conviction
Jan. 21, 2025: ERO Atlanta officers apprehend a suspect during an enforcement action in Cornelia, Georgia.
ATLANTA — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement apprehended an unlawfully present Guatemalan national convicted of driving under the influence when officers with Enforcement and Removal Operations Atlanta’s Mobile Criminal Alien Team arrested Miguel Andres-Mateo, 20, Jan. 21 in Cornelia, Georgia.
Mateo illegally entered the United States at an unknown time and place and an immigration judge ordered him removed on Oct. 7, 2014. Mateo then failed to appear for his voluntary departure.
The Habersham County, Police Department in Georgia arrested Mateoa May 1, 2023, and charged him with driving under the influence. The Habersham County Court convicted him on May 22, 2023, and sentenced him to 12-months of probation.
ICE officers issued Mateo a notice to appear before a Department of Justice immigration judge following his arrest, and he remains in ERO custody.
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