ICE, federal partners arrest alien fugitive wanted for homicide in Dominican Republic

LAWRENCE, Mass. — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and federal law enforcement partners from the FBI, and Drug Enforcement Administration arrested a Dominican fugitive wanted in his native country for homicide. Officers with ICE Boston working with agents from FBI Boston and DEA New England arrested the individual, April 3, in Lawrence.

“This Dominican fugitive hoped to escape the law in his native country by hiding out in Massachusetts,” said ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston acting Field Office Director Patricia H. Hyde. “We will now return him to the Dominican Republic to face the justice system there. We refuse to allow New England to become a safe haven for the world’s criminal elements. ICE Boston will continue to arrest and remove criminal alien offenders from our communities.”

The alien illegally entered the United States on an unknown date, at an unknown location, and without being inspected, admitted or paroled by a U.S. immigration official.

Dominican officials issued a criminal arrest warrant for him April 30, 2018, for homicide, which carries a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison.

Officers with ICE Boston, working with agents from FBI Boston and DEA New England, made the arrest.

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