Inside ICE: Volume 2, Issue 15

New England ICE DRO Arrests Career Criminal in Bristol, RI

BRISTOL, R.I. — ICE detention and removal officers arrested a fugitive criminal alien with an extensive criminal history July 7.

ICE officers arrested Mario Jose Barbosa Carvalho, a 41-year-old citizen of Portugal, without incident at his residence in Bristol, Rhode Island. Carvalho has a lengthy criminal history that includes convictions that range from assault and battery with a dangerous weapon to breaking and entering and possession of cocaine. He has had 170 arraignments in Massachusetts.

“By finding and removing fugitive aliens, ICE is able to greatly enhance public safety in our communities,” said Bruce E. Chadbourne, Field Office Director of ICE Detention and Removal Operations in New England. “In this case, ICE has arrested a dangerous and menacing criminal from our streets.”

Carvalho entered the United States legally over 30 years ago. As a result of his criminal convictions, a federal immigration judge ordered him deported from the United States. Carvalho failed to comply.

Carvalho’s arrest comes three weeks after ICE’s Operation FLASH, a New England-wide operation targeting criminal alien fugitives. During Operation FLASH, ICE arrested 189 individuals across New England, including 56 in Rhode Island.

The arrests of Carvalho and the Operation FLASH fugitive aliens are a result of ICE’s National Fugitive Operations Program (NFOP), which is part of ICE’s ongoing effort to restore integrity to the nation’s immigration system. Last fiscal year, ICE removed a record 160,000 aliens from the country. So far this fiscal year, ICE has removed more than 75,500 aliens from the country, including more than 45,000 criminal aliens.

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