News Releases and Statements

ICE ERO Houston, with assistance from ERO El SAFE Task Force, removed Alexis Bladimir Canizales Romero, a 27-year-old unlawfully present Salvadoran fugitive and MS-13 gang member, from the United States Aug. 30. Canizales is wanted in El Salvador for aggravated femicide, aggravated homicide and unlawful association (gang membership).

Officers from ERO Boston arrested Warley Neto Aug. 23 at the Dukes County Superior Court in Edgartown.

On Aug. 28, ERO Philadelphia arrested Ramon Campidelis-Correia, a 28-year-old citizen of Brazil, at his residence in Philadelphia.

Those included removal flights to Brazil, Cameroon, Central America, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Jamaica, Liberia and Mexico.

Maribel Martinez Garcia, a 40-year-old unlawfully present Mexican national who has been removed from the United States on four prior occasions, was arrested by ERO Houston fugitive operations officers at a residence in North Houston Thursday morning.

Officers with ERO Boston arrested Bryam Saraguro Ramon July 27 in North Dartmouth.

ICE ERO Houston field office, with assistance from ERO Guatemala and the SAFE Task Force, removed Jiuver Alexander Esquivel Florian, a 42-year-old, three-time deported Guatemalan fugitive, from the United States Aug. 26.

ERO New York City arrested a noncitizen Aug. 20 wanted in the Dominican Republic for homicide charges. The individual was arrested outside his residence in Long Island. He was apprehended by ERO officers after a brief foot pursuit.

ERO Boston apprehended a Mexican national wanted by authorities in his home country for aggravated homicide. Officers with ERO Boston’s Hartford field office arrested the 42-year-old Mexican noncitizen Aug. 20 in Seymour.

Those included removal flights to Albania, Central America, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Georgia, Mexico, Peru, Romania, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Deputy Director and Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Director Patrick J. Lechleitner visited Atlanta and Ft. Moore in Georgia this week to host the agency’s annual Director’s Awards ceremony, the first of five ceremonies across the nation.

Officers with ERO Washington’s Fugitive Operations Team arrested Jose Fabricio Veizaga-Vargas, Aug. 19 in Annandale.

Deportation officers from ERO New York City removed Oliver Boswell and Kathleen Boswell from the United States to Ireland Aug. 20 and turned them over to the Irish ​national police.

Officers from ERO Baltimore’s Fugitive Operations Team arrested Walter Romeo Saloj-Pecher Aug. 14 in Hyattsville. Saloj has also been charged with another assault and robbery.

The warrants are related to ICE’s Title 8 authority over noncitizens who threaten public safety and have previously been removed from the United States.

Deportation officers with ERO Boston arrested Yao Zhang July 5 in Medford.

ERO New York City’s Long Island officers and officers from the U.S. Marshals’ New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested the previously removed 42-year-old noncitizen pursuant to a criminal arrest warrant outside his residence in Elmont.

Deportation officers from ERO Boston arrested Evandro Ribeiro-Rosa Aug. 12 at the Worcester District Court.

Deportation officers from ERO Boston arrested Darvin Joel Mendez-Lopez July 23 in Lynn.

To be clear: HSI's only role in the apprehension of ‘El Mayo’ Zambada was to help execute the arrest on US soil near El Paso, Texas on July 25.

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

Engagements with detention contractors such as LaSalle Corrections are vital; they enable U.S. government officials and the private sector to come together to plan and implement appropriate, efficient and fiscally responsible care.

Open dialogue strengthens the agency’s essential partnerships, fosters trust and helps keep American communities safe.

Deportation officers from ERO Boston arrested Marc Kervens Beauvais Aug. 13 in Peabody.

Deportation officers from ERO Boston arrested Jackson Bento-Pinheiro Aug. 13 in Wakefield.