ICE Washington, D.C. arrests Bolivian illegal national convicted of DWI in Virginia

WASHINGTON — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement apprehended an illegally present Bolivian national convicted of driving while intoxicated in Fairfax County, Virginia. Officers from ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Washington, D.C., arrested Daniel Bustamante-Cespedez Jan. 15 in Fairfax County.

“Not only is Mr. Bustamante in our country illegally, he decided to risk the safety of Virginia residents by driving while he was intoxicated,” said ICE Washington, D.C. Field Office Director Liana Castano. “We will not tolerate criminal alien offenders to threaten the safety of our Washington, D.C. and Virginia communities. ICE ERO Washington, D.C. will continue to prioritize public safety by arresting and removing illegally present offenders.

Bustamante lawfully entered the United States on May 23, 2022, but violated the terms of his lawful admission.

Bustamante was convicted in Fairfax County, Virginia, of driving while intoxicated Dec. 18, 2024.

Officers with ERO Washington, D.C. issued Bustamante a notice to appear before a Department of Justice immigration judge after his arrest and he remains in ERO custody.

ERO conducts removals of individuals without a lawful basis to remain in the United States, including at the order of immigration judges with the Justice Department’s Executive Office for Immigration Review. EOIR is a separate entity from DHS and ICE. Immigration judges in these courts make decisions based on the merits of each individual case, determining if a noncitizen is subject to a final order of removal or eligible for certain forms of relief from removal.

As one of ICE’s three operational directorates, ERO is the principal federal law enforcement authority in charge of domestic immigration enforcement. ERO’s mission is to protect the homeland through the arrest and removal of those who undermine the safety of U.S. communities and the integrity of U.S. immigration laws, and its primary areas of focus are interior enforcement operations, management of the agency’s detained and non-detained populations, and repatriation of noncitizens who have received final orders of removal. ERO’s workforce consists of more than 7,700 law enforcement and non-law enforcement support personnel across 25 domestic field offices and 208 locations nationwide, 30 overseas postings, and multiple temporary duty travel assignments along the border.

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