News Releases and Statements

Miguel Tellez-Vasquez, 57, is wanted in his native Mexico for homicide. He was transported Aug. 30 from Boise, Idaho, via air transport and arrived the same day in San Diego, where authorities drove him to the San Ysidro Port of Entry. Upon arrival at the border, Tellez was turned over to local authorities in Mexico.

ERO Houston, with assistance from ERO Mexico and the SAFE Task Force, removed Martin Israel Quintero Uresti, a 43-year-old unlawfully present Mexican national, from the U.S. on Aug. 25.

Paul Ryan, 24, also known as Patrick Power, is wanted in the U.K. for the charge of rioting. He was flown from Boston Logan International Airport to London’s Heathrow Airport in the U.K. and handed over to local authorities.

ERO Salt Lake City officers apprehended seven foreign nationals convicted of crimes with a sexual basis requiring them to register as sex offenders during a two-week local enforcement effort.

Individuals who lack a lawful basis to stay in the United States are ordered removed, consistent with U.S. law – all individuals who are removed have been screened for protection concerns.

Individuals who lack a lawful basis to stay in the United States are ordered removed, consistent with U.S. law – all individuals who are removed have been screened for protection concerns.

Deportation officers from ERO Baltimore removed Ahmad Muhammad Khan, 50, a citizen of Pakistan and Canada, August 16.

Rolando Vladimir Larrea-Flores, 51, is wanted in Ecuador for rape of a minor. He was flown from Denver International Airport to Jose Joaquin de Olmedo International Airport in Guayaquil, Ecuador, and handed over to local authorities.

Juan Pablo Ortiz-Herrera, 24, is wanted in his native Mexico for homicide. He was transported from ERO detention in Las Vegas, Nevada via ground transport and arrived on the same day at the San Ysidro Port of Entry in San Diego, California.

ERO Houston, with assistance from ERO El Salvador and the SAFE Task Force, removed Celestino Andrade, a 71-year-old unlawfully present Salvadoran fugitive, from the United States on Aug. 18.

The noncitizen has an outstanding arrest warrant issued by the District Court in Leon, Nicaragua, for murder.

Individuals who lack a lawful basis to stay in the United States are ordered removed, consistent with U.S. law – all individuals who are removed have been screened for protection concerns.

Individuals who lack a lawful basis to stay in the United States are ordered removed, consistent with U.S. law – all individuals who are removed have been screened for protection concerns.

Deportation officers from ERO Baltimore’s Criminal Apprehension Program arrested the 53-year-old, who has been present in the United States for more than 25 years and was convicted of sexual abuse of a minor, third-degree sex offense and incest in Montgomery County.

An ICE ERO Chicago deportation officer assigned to the U.S. Marshals Service’s KFATF assisted in the identification and arrest of a 37-year-old Bosnian noncitizen who had an active criminal arrest warrant issued by the Wyandotte County, Kansas, District Court for murder in the second degree on Aug. 8.

ERO New York City arrested Alejandro Pixtun-Hernandez, a 56-year-old international fugitive wanted in Guatemala for aggravated rape in a continuous manner and with special aggravating circumstances Aug. 10.

Antonio Jose De Abreu Vidal Filho, 29, became the subject of an active Interpol Red Notice issued by the international criminal police organization after he was convicted of 11 murders and sentenced to 275 years and eleven months in prison in June 2023 by a criminal court in the state of Ceara, Brazil.

Individuals who lack a lawful basis to stay in the United States are ordered removed, consistent with U.S. law – all individuals who are removed have been screened for protection concerns.

Juan Carlos Portillo, 29, an illegally present foreign fugitive, was wanted in El Salvador for aggravated kidnapping, attempted aggravated homicide, aggravated extortion, terrorist organization, deprivation of liberty and aggravated homicide.

Jose Antonio Argueta Dominguez, 23, was escorted by ERO officers from Buffalo to San Salvador, El Salvador, where he was transferred to El Salvadoran authorities.

Angel Bladimir Diaz Luna, 30, was escorted by ERO officers from Buffalo to San Salvador, El Salvador, where he was transferred to El Salvadoran authorities.

All arrests took place in the assigned ERO Seattle states of Alaska, Washington and Oregon, though the criminal history may include convictions in courts in other parts of the United States.

Jose Erick Ramos Cruz, a 45-year-old unlawfully present Salvadoran fugitive, was flown from Alexandria, Louisiana, on a flight coordinated by ICE's Air Operations Unit to the Monseñor Óscar Arnulfo Romero International Airport in San Salvador, El Salvador.

Individuals who lack a lawful basis to stay in the United States are ordered removed, consistent with U.S. law – all individuals who are removed have been screened for protection concerns.

The 28-year-old Brazilian citizen unlawfully entered the United States some time prior to August 2023. In March 2023, a criminal court in the city of Tarumirim, in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, began actively seeking custody of the fugitive on the charge of aggravated murder, a crime he is alleged to have committed in January 2017.