News Releases and Statements

Deportation officers from ERO Boston’s Hartford field office arrested the 26-year-old Honduran national in New Britain April 4. Local officials ignored an ICE immigration detainer and released him from the Hartford Correctional Center.

ERO Boston apprehended an unlawfully present Colombian national wanted for premeditated murder in his native country. 

Deportation officers from ERO Boston removed Thiago Marcos Silva Souza, 34, from the United States to Brazil March 22.

Deportation officers from ERO Boston removed Yerson Enrique Chiriboga Hinestrosa, 38, to Bogota, via air.

As one of its private detention contractors, it is imperative for the agency to engage with valued partners to ensure continued understanding of our changing mission space and the shared responsibility of appropriate care for those in custody.

ERO arrested a Romanian national April 5 wanted in their home country for kidnapping.

Consistent with ICE protocols, the appropriate components were notified about the death, including the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Inspector General and the ICE Office of Professional Responsibility.

ERO Baltimore apprehended a Salvadoran national and validated member of the notorious MS-13 street gang who was convicted in Maryland of conspiracy, armed robbery and weapons charges.

Deportation officers from ERO Boston removed Altair Jose Portuense-Lana, 51, via a flight to Brazil March 22.

Deportation officers from ERO Boston’s Hartford suboffice arrested the 25-year-old Jamaican national April 3, after he was previously released by the Connecticut Department of Corrections despite the existence of an active federal immigration detainer seeking his custody.

ICE ERO officers in the Denver area of operations covering Colorado and Wyoming apprehended nine unlawfully present noncitizens who violated the conditions of their release in the ATD program during a local operation April 1-5.

ERO Boston arrested a Brazilian national charged with raping a Massachusetts minor. Deportation officers from ERO Boston apprehended the 20-year-old Brazilian noncitizen March 28 near his residence in Lowell.

HSI San Juan special agents arrested Luis Javier Perez-Badillo, a 49-year-old man from Aguadilla, whom a federal grand jury indicted April 10.

If convicted, Gary Dale Thrasher, 56, faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in federal prison on the bank fraud counts, a maximum of 10 years of imprisonment for the passport fraud offenses, and a two-year minimum mandatory term of imprisonment for aggravated identity theft.  

Those included removal flights to Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico and Peru. If a noncitizen arrives and has no legal basis to remain in the United States they will be processed and removed quickly, consistent with U.S. law.

ERO Washington, D.C. removed a Mexican national who was wanted in his home country for kidnapping and drug trafficking charges. Deportation officers from ERO Washington, D.C. removed Francisco De Leon-Martinez, a 49-year-old Mexican noncitizen, April 10 and handed him over to Mexican authorities.

ERO Boston apprehended an unlawfully present Brazilian national charged with child sex crimes in Massachusetts. Deportation officers from ERO Boston arrested the 53-year-old Brazilian native March 28 near his residence in Revere.

The individuals were charged with crimes of robbery; assault with intent to cause injury to an officer, fireman, EMT, nurse or crossing guard; resisting arrest; criminal possession of stolen property; and obstructing governmental administration. Four were released on their own recognizance after local arraignment.

During the nationwide operation, ERO deportation officers apprehended 216 unlawfully present noncitizens who have been convicted of drug trafficking or multiple drug possession related offenses involving methamphetamine, fentanyl, cocaine, heroin or synthetic drugs.

On April 8, ERO New York City arrested an unlawfully present citizen of Mexico and legal resident of Colombia upon his release from the U.S. Bureau of Prisons Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.

ERO Boston apprehended a Dominican national convicted of drug trafficking felonies in three U.S. states. Deportation officers from ERO Boston’s Hartford field office arrested the 41-year-old March 21 in Meriden.

ERO Boston arrested a Salvadoran national charged locally with assault and battery on a police officer, resisting arrest, and assault and battery on a family or household member.

Joseph Alex Hernandez, 27, of Austin, was sentenced on April 4 to 192 months for transporting noncitizens resulting in death and 120 months for being a felon in possession of a firearm. The two sentences will run concurrently. Hernandez pleaded guilty Oct. 23, 2023.

Enforcement and Removal Operations apprehended a Colombian noncitizen April 2 who was convicted of sex crimes against a California minor. Deportation officers from ERO Boston arrested the 23-year-old noncitizen sex offender in Revere.

Jorge Luis Martinez Frias, 38, is wanted in his native Mexico for homicide. He was transported Aug. 5 from Las Vegas, Nevada, via ground transportation, arriving the same day in San Diego at the San Ysidro Port of Entry. Upon arrival at the border, Tellez was turned over to the proper authorities in Mexico.