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April 9, 2021Denver, CO, United StatesEnforcement and Removal

ICE ERO officers locate, arrest felon in Colorado

DENVER – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers located and arrested a Mexican national gang member, convicted felon and clear threat to public safety in Aurora, Colorado April 9.

Luis Guzman-Rincon, 29, is an unlawfully present, citizen of Mexico who has been convicted of attempted manslaughter and is a current ERO Top 10 Most Wanted case.

“We are committed to identifying and removing gang members and public safety threats from our community,” said John Fabbricatore, field office director, ERO Denver. “Guzman paralyzed a minor child while initiating gang violence. His reckless disregard for children placed him on the ICE Top Ten most wanted list and we made him a priority for arrest.”

Guzman, an 18th Street gang member, was convicted of attempted manslaughter Oct. 18, 2017 in Arapahoe County District Court, Arapahoe County, Colorado, for his involvement in an argument with a rival gang member where he fired an unknown number of shots from a pistol striking an innocent bystander, a 16-year girl, paralyzing her, for which he was sentenced to serve three years in prison.

He was released by the Colorado Department of Corrections after “time served.”

ICE is charged with enforcing federal immigration laws enacted by Congress. ICE officers are sworn law enforcement officers who carry out the arrest, detention and removal of individuals found to be in the United States unlawfully.

ICE fugitive operations prioritizes enforcement efforts toward individuals who present a heightened threat to national security and public safety, such as transnational gang members, child sex offenders and individuals with prior convictions for violent crimes.

As a law enforcement agency within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), ICE is charged with enforcing immigration laws in a way that supports and prioritizes national security, border security and public safety. Like other national security and public safety agencies, ICE operates in an environment of limited resources, under which ICE must prioritize its enforcement and removal operations.

ICE is now implementing the interim civil immigration enforcement priorities directed by DHS to focus its limited resources on threats to national security, border security, and public safety. ICE continues to carry out its duty to enforce the laws of the United States in accordance with the department’s national security and public safety mission.

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