News Releases and Statements

Lopez-Perez was last encountered Sept. 10 by U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) Border Patrol agents in Laredo.

This fall, officers and special agents with ICE tracked down Clive Dixon, a Jamaican national who was illegally residing in Brooklyn. ICE's Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO) officers removed him late Thursday to his native country.

ERO officers repatriated Volodymyr Ponomarenko, 44, via an ICE Air Operations charter flight and turned him over to authorities in Boryspil, Ukraine.

Balraj Naidu, 51, departed Dallas Dec. 16 and arrived in Singapore Wednesday under escort by ERO officers.

98 percent of the agency's total removals were convicted criminals, recent border crossers, illegal re-entrants or those previously removed by ICE, in line with agency's enforcement priorities.

Joel Monfort, 53, was transported via an ICE Air Operations charter aircraft, escorted by ERO officers, to the Port-au-Prince International Airport in Haiti.

Salvadoran law enforcement authorities issued an arrest warrant in November 2010 for Oscar Giovanni Castro, 32. He is wanted in El Salvador for allegedly murdering an individual Dec. 9, 2004. They also issued an arrest warrant in December 2009 for Jose Mario Solis, 28. He is wanted in El Salvador for allegedly raping a child or disabled person.

Ivan Tapia-Cacique, 40, was turned over the Mexican law enforcement officials by ERO officers at the San Ysidro, Calif., border crossing after being transported under escort from Salt Lake City.

These Fugitive Operations Teams represent an integral part of the comprehensive multi-year plan launched by the Department of Homeland Security to secure America's borders and reduce illegal migration.

Ernesto Karam-Garcia, a Mexican national who is wanted for defrauding hundreds of Mexican citizens of more than $150 million, was deported and turned over to Mexican law enforcement authorities Thursday by officers with ICE's Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO).

Bridget Veronica Medlock threatened to kill an ICE officer March 21 while the officer was conducting a lawful arrest of an illegal alien passenger in the vehicle she was driving.

Kenneth Lewellyn Flowers, 36, was transported by commercial air from Salt Lake City Thursday under escort by ERO officers to his home country and turned over to Belizean authorities for questioning.

Jose Ramirez Chavez and Pablo Bernal Moreno were remanded to the custody of representatives from the Mexican Attorney General's Office by ICE ERO officers at the San Ysidro border crossing Tuesday morning under tight security.

According to court documents, Bledar Bujilici, 34, twice refused to comply with an order of removal issued by an immigration judge.

Handy Brayan Guzman-Romero, 26, was repatriated on board a charter flight coordinated by ICE's Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Air Operations (IAO) Unit. Upon arrival, ERO officers turned the suspect over to officials from the El Salvadoran Civilian National Police (PNC).

According to court documents, Campos-Gonzalez is wanted for a 2009 murder in Aguascalientes, Mexico. He was turned over to Mexican authorities Oct. 16 to answer to the murder charge.

Erick Anderson Mejia-Ayala, a Salvadoran man wanted for murder in his home country, was deported Friday by officers with ICE's Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO).

ERO officers took Reyes-Alejandro into custody Aug. 29 following his release from federal prison after he served 6 months for illegally re-entering the United States in February.

Carlos Humberto Castaneda-Mendoza, 40, entered the U.S. illegally in August 2010. In November 2010, Interpol issued a red notice for the warrant in El Salvador.

Miguel Angel Gutierrez-Carranza, who is a convicted felon and is wanted in Mexico for murder, was indicted Tuesday in the Eastern District of Oklahoma for illegally re-entering the United States after being previously deported.

ICE officers transferred both men into Salvadoran law enforcement custody.

Mateo Perez Hernandez, a Mexican national who fled to the United States to avoid prosecution for the bludgeoning death of a Mexicali, Mexico, man in September 2010, was turned over to Mexican authorities Monday following his recent capture in the Los Angeles area by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

"Avila Beltran, a Mexican woman convicted of being an accessory after the fact in aiding cocaine traffickers, and known to international media outlets as the ""Queen of the Pacific"" for her alleged ties to the Sinaloa drug cartel, was deported to Mexico Tuesday morning by ICE."

Senakiewicz pleaded guilty in Cook County Circuit Court Nov. 6 and was sentenced to four years in prison.

Ioan Lascau, 57, was turned over to Romanian police at the Henri Coanda International Airport by ICE's ERO officers. Lascau was convicted in a Romanian court in 2010 of money laundering, bribery and corruption violations committed while he served as the Director General of Public Finance in Bihor, Romania.