News Releases and Statements

ERO New York City arrested an unlawfully present citizen of Ecuador Oct. 3 who was convicted by the Kings County Supreme Court of criminal possession of a weapon and sentenced to conditional discharge.

ICE has provided notice of its intent to the GEO Group, Inc. for the Adelanto ICE Processing facility in Adelanto, California, to extend the current task order to December 19, 2024.

ERO Philadelphia removed Jeremy James Wallace, a citizen of Canada with a final order of removal, to Canada on Sept. 27.

ERO New Orleans apprehended an unlawfully present 28-year-old Honduran national convicted of the charges of sexual battery and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

On Sept. 28, Enforcement and Removal Operations New York City arrested Javier Jose Albornoz Marchan, 22, an unlawfully present Venezuelan citizen and member of the Tren de Aragua transnational criminal organization, who was convicted by the Bronx County Supreme Court of criminal possession of a weapon — possession of a firearm.

ERO Seattle removed Juan Carlos Barrantes, 40, who was convicted of charges related to drug trafficking, to his home country of Costa Rica Sept. 25.

ERO New York City arrested a 36-year-old Mexican citizen and member of the Benkard Barrio Kings, a local gang involved in narcotics and firearms trafficking, Sept. 20.

Officers with ERO Baltimore arrested Evin Obdulio Ponce-Guillen Sept. 19 in Waldorf.

Officers with ERO Boston arrested the 36-year-old Brazilian fugitive Sept. 17 in Oak Bluffs.

Officers from the Newburgh Suboffice arrested the 46-year-old felon at the Orange County Jail in Goshen, pursuant to a warrant of arrest. He is in ICE custody pending removal proceedings.

Officers from ERO Boston arrested the 50-year-old fugitive Sept. 17 in Tisbury.

Officers from ERO Baltimore and the Aberdeen Police Department arrested Kevin Mauricio Guzman-Martinez, a member of the notorious MS-13 street gang, Sept. 26 in Aberdeen, Maryland.

Those included removal flights to Central America, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Haiti, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Liberia, Mauritania and Mexico.

Officers with ERO Dallas arrested Santos Victor Hernandez-Garcia, an unlawfully present 60-year-old Mexican citizen charged with aggravated assault of a public servant, Sept. 24 in Wichita Falls, Texas.

Officers with ERO Washington, D.C.’s Special Response Team arrested Carlos Grande-Chavez on Sept. 12 in Fairfax, Virginia.

Officers with ERO Washington, D.C.’s Special Response Team arrested Yohandri Roger Mosquera-Rosas Sept. 12 in Springfield, Virginia.

On Sept. 18, ICE's ERO San Antonio, with assistance from ERO El Salvador and SAFE in El Salvador, removed Luis Roberto Vasquez Vasquez, 26, and Jose Alexander Quijano-Ochoa, 35, both Salvadoran nationals with gang affiliations who were unlawfully present in the United States.

Officers with ERO Boston arrested Abraham Malpica Sept. 13 in Roxbury.

ICE officials regularly meet with state, local and tribal law enforcement entities — including agencies, associations and organizations — to offer federal support, answer questions and share information.

Officers with ERO Boston arrested Angel Gabriel Deras-Mejia, a documented member of MS-13, Sept. 12 in Nantucket.

Officers with ERO Boston arrested Felix Alberto Perez-Gomez Sept. 11 in Nantucket.

Vanessa Valadez, de 23 años, se declaró culpable el 20 de septiembre. Según documentos judiciales, de agosto a septiembre de 2023, Valadez y otros miembros de la familia operaron una red de contrabando de niños que trabajaba para llevar a niños no ciudadanos de Nuevo Laredo, México, a Estados Unidos.

Officers with ERO Boston arrested Enrique Alberto Ortiz-Brito Sept. 12 in Dorchester.

ICE officials routinely meet with stakeholders, including state, local, tribal and territorial governments, elected officials and law enforcement professionals.

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