Inside ICE: Volume 2, Issue 5

ICE Agents Arrest Guatemalan for Human Rights Violations

ORLANDO, Fla. — A 39-year-old Guatemalan human rights violator linked to the torture and killings of several Guatemalan civilians and guerilla members in the late 1980s was arrested February 18 by ICE special agents.

Arrested was Justo Odilon Lucas-Mateo, who served with the civil patrol, a unit that has been implicated with serious human rights violations in Guatemala. The Guatemalan army implemented the civil patrol to reduce the impact of rebel forces on the public.

An immigration judge found Mateo ineligible for any form of immigration relief Feb. 22, 2000, and ordered him removed from the United States after information was presented in court that proved that Mateo participated in the torture and killing of many civilians and guerilla members while he was a member of the patrol. After the judge's ruling, Mateo went into hiding here until ICE agents captured him.

“This arrest illustrates ICE’s resolve for targeting criminals and restoring integrity to our immigration system,” said Raymond M. Connolly, Special Agent-in-Charge for the Tampa office. “We will not relent until human rights violators are brought to justice and removed from our communities and our country.”

Mateo is in ICE custody awaiting removal from the country.

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