ICE New York City arrests previously removed Guatemalan national, child sex offender

NEW YORK – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested Axel Ramirez-Hernandez, a 32-year-old Guatemalan national with convictions for sexual assault of a victim less than 16 years old and illegal reentry after deportation, March 6 in Spring Valley with a criminal warrant of arrest for illegal reentry after deportation.

“ICE is committed to apprehending predators who commit horrific acts of violence against our youngest citizens and residents,” said ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations New York City acting Field Office Director William P. Joyce. “Our officers will find these criminal aliens and seek their removal from the United States.”

Ramirez illegally entered the United States on an unknown date and at an unknown location without admission or by an immigration official. ICE served Ramirez with a notice to appear July 6, 2012, charging him with being inadmissible to the U.S. An immigration judge ordered Ramirez removed from the U.S. July 18, 2012, and he was subsequently removed to Guatemala Aug. 16, 2012. The U.S. Border Patrol encountered Ramirez April 13, 2013, in McAllen, Texas, after he illegally reentered the U.S. and served him with a notice of intent to reinstate a prior order. ICE removed him from the U.S. to Guatemala Aug. 11, 2014. Ramirez again reentered the U.S. on an unknown date at an unknown location without admission by an immigration official.

The Superior Court of Connecticut for the Judicial District of Stamford/Norwalk convicted Ramirez of sexual assault on a victim under 16 years old June 6, 2011, and sentenced him to five years in prison, 18 months supervised release and 10 years of probation. The U.S. District Court in the Southern District of Texas convicted Ramirez of illegal re-entry after deportation Jan. 23, 2014, and sentenced him to 18 months incarceration. Ramirez also has local criminal charges pending for driving while intoxicated in Ramapo, New York.

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