News Releases and Statements

Deportation officers from ERO Boston’s Providence field office apprehended Yeury Francisco Rodriguez April 22 in Central Falls.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement today updated the online statistics dashboard to include data for first quarter of Fiscal Year 2024, which spans from Oct. 1, 2023 through Dec. 31, 2023.

ICE continues to modernize the immigration system as resources allow to realize cost efficiencies across the operational landscape.

ICE ERO Houston removed Jose Carlos Ortiz Lucero, a 27-year-old unlawfully present Guatemalan fugitive, from the United States on May 13.

Johan Jose Cardenas Silva is wanted by Peruvian authorities for conspiracy, assault and aggravated theft.

ERO Boston apprehended a Colombian national wanted by authorities in his home country for the crimes of aggravated homicide, aggravated theft and unlawful possession of a weapon.

Fugitive Operations officers from ERO New York City’s Long Island office arrested the 25-year-old Honduran national without incident in Amityville pursuant to a warrant and transferred him to Central Islip for processing.

ERO New York City arrested of an unlawfully present citizen and national of El Salvador May 6 who is wanted by Salvadoran authorities for prosecution of the crime of terrorist organization with aggravating circumstances.

Mario Roberto Palencia-Perez, 24, is a citizen and national of Guatemala who is wanted in Guatemala for assault of government official. Palencia-Perez was removed from Denver to the La Aurora International Airport and turned over to local authorities in Guatemala.

ICE, a component agency of DHS, working in close coordination across the Department including with CBP, continued to facilitate removal flights of single adults, family units, May 6 – May 10.

Ronaldo Marcos Da Silva, a 37-year-old Brazilian national who was wanted by authorities in his home country for unlawfully carrying restricted firearms, was removed to Brazil April 23.

ERO Boston arrested an unlawfully present 25-year-old Guatemalan citizen April 19 in Billerica who was convicted locally of two counts of rape of a child and four counts of indecent assault and battery on a child.

Jairo Arnoldo Matamoros Solorzano, 47, is a citizen and national of Costa Rica and is wanted in Costa Rica for rape. Matamoros was removed from Denver to the Juan Santamaria International Airport and was turned over to local authorities in Costa Rica.

ERO Boston arrested an unlawfully present Cape Verdean citizen convicted locally of repeated lewd conduct offenses. Deportation officers from ERO Boston apprehended the 37-year-old Cape Verde national in Dorchester April 24.

ERO Boston arrested an unlawfully present 55-year-old Guatemalan citizen who was convicted locally of first-degree child sexual molestation/sexual assault. Deportation officers from ERO Boston’s Providence office apprehended him in Providence April 17.

ERO Boston apprehended an unlawfully present Dominican national recently arrested by Rhode Island police for first- and second-degree child molestation and first-degree sexual assault.

Deportation officers from ERO Boston’s Hartford office apprehended an unlawfully present Bangladeshi national recently arrested by Connecticut police for sexual abuse of minors. Deportation officers arrested the 47-year-old in Litchfield April 22.

ERO Boston apprehended a Brazilian national wanted in his home country for attempted homicide.

ERO officers from the Long Island Fugitive Operations Team apprehended the 34-year-old without incident outside his residence in Hempstead pursuant to a warrant. The officers issued him a notice to appear charging him with inadmissibility. He will remain in custody pending removal proceedings.

ERO Boston officers in Providence arrested the 22-year-old Guatemalan national April 10. Local judicial authorities released the Guatemalan citizen from custody before ERO Boston was provided an opportunity to assume his custody.

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

A Dominican national who was previously removed from the United States by ERO Boston has been sentenced to eight months in federal prison after illegally reentering the country.

ERO deportation officers with ERO Boston’s Hartford suboffice arrested an unlawfully present Guatemalan national convicted of first-degree manslaughter in Somers. The officers arrested the 35-year-old Guatemalan national in Somers after state officials released him following completion of a portion of his sentence for manslaughter April 24.

Discussions included End-to-end Encryption (E2EE) and law enforcement legal issues on global public safety.

ERO Philadelphia removed Jorge Chavez Montoya, a citizen of Peru with a final order of removal, from the United States to Peru on April 18.