News Releases and Statements

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston arrested Jose Luis Castro Jovel, a 24-year-old Salvadoran national and confirmed MS-13 gang member, Nov. 12. ERO Boston lodged an immigration detainer with the Northampton District Court asking for notification before Castro’s release, but the court declined to honor it.

ICE ERO Boston arrested Alexandre Romao De Oliveira Nov. 18 in Methuen. De Oliveira, 41, is a Brazilian foreign fugitive convicted of rape of a child in Brazil.

ICE ERO Boston arrested Mynor Stiven De Paz-Munoz, 21, an unlawfully present Guatemalan national charged in Massachusetts with rape of child by force, rape of a child, and indecent assault and battery against a minor, Nov. 12 in Great Barrington.

ICE ERO Boston arrested a 42-year-old Colombian charged in Massachusetts with rape of a child by force, statutory rape, and aggravated rape against a minor. Officers with ERO Boston arrested Billy Erney Buitrago-Bustos Nov. 15 in Pittsfield.

ICE ERO officers in New York City arrested Andres Fernando Arroyave Ramirez, a 36-year-old Colombian citizen, Nov. 15. He had been previously convicted of conspiracy to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine by the U.S. District Court in the Southern District of Florida.

ICE ERO officers in Boston arrested Brazilian fugitive Dhennefer Ferreira Pires, 31, Nov. 14 in Framingham. The fugitive fled Brazil prior to serving his criminal sentence for theft and eventually settled in Massachusetts.

ERO officers turned Jose Luis Lopez-Hernandez, 45, over to Mexican authorities at the international boundary at the top of the Stanton Street Bridge in downtown El Paso.

ICE ERO Baltimore conducted a targeted operation Oct. 18, resulting in the arrest of five unlawfully present noncitizen offenders throughout Maryland.

Those included removal flights to Central America, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, and Mexico.

Those included removal flights to Central America, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, and Mexico.

ICE EROs Philadelphia removed Garibaldo Rissato Borges, a citizen of Brazil with a final order of removal, to Brazil on Nov. 1. Rissato is a foreign fugitive wanted by law enforcement authorities in Brazil for drug trafficking.

Andre Tiago Lucas was convicted by the Sole Court of the District of Serro, Minas Gerais, Brazil, Dec. 6, 2016, of rape of a vulnerable person and sentenced to serve nine years and four months incarceration.

ICE remains committed to ensuring all those in its custody reside in safe, secure and humane environments. Comprehensive medical care is provided from the moment individuals arrive and throughout the entirety of their stay.

Notable among the noncitizens removed during the month were two documented gang members and a Mexican national who was convicted of a child sex offense and removed from the United States in 2020, only to illegally reenter the country and be convicted in 2021 of committing a second sex offense involving minors.

Mateo Hincapie Cardona, 28, is currently in custody pending removal proceedings. ERO Boston lodged an immigration detainer with the Suffolk County House of Corrections, who failed to honor the detainer and released him from their custody Oct. 19.

Those included removal flights to Brazil, Central America, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Haiti, Jamaica, and Mexico.

ICE ERO and U.K. Immigration Enforcement leadership held a bilateral meeting in Washington D.C. on Oct. 21.

ICE ERO hosted international partners during a symposium in Washington D.C. where representatives from the UN-related International Organization for Migration and government representatives from Australia, Austria, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Spain and the United Kingdom convened at the agency’s headquarters on Oct. 22.

ICE remains committed to ensuring that all those in its custody reside in safe, secure and humane environments. Comprehensive medical care is provided from the moment individuals arrive and throughout the entirety of their stay.

Rafael-Medrano was flown from Alexandria, Louisiana, on a charter flight coordinated by ICE's Air Operations Unit to the La Aurora International Airport in Guatemala City, Guatemala. Upon arrival, he was turned over to Guatemalan law enforcement authorities.

ICE's ERO Houston, with assistance from ERO Honduras and the Security Alliance for Fugitive Enforcement in Honduras, removed Fredy Rufino Aguilar-Hernandez, a 38-year-old unlawfully present Honduran national, from the United States Oct. 25. Aguilar-Hernandez is wanted in Honduras for murder.

ERO Boston apprehended an unlawfully present 20-year-old Guatemalan noncitizen charged in Massachusetts with rape and indecent assault and battery against a minor. Officers with ERO Boston arrested Selvin Alex Galvez-Mejia Oct. 18 in Springfield.

Those included removal flights to Central America, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, India, and Mexico.

ERO Philadelphia removed Romeo Pop Sacui, a citizen of Guatemala with a final order of removal, to Guatemala Oct. 22.

ERO Boston apprehended a Colombian fugitive wanted for money laundering crimes in her native country. Officers with ERO Boston arrested the 38-year-old Colombian fugitive Oct. 17 in Worcester.