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

ICE EROs Philadelphia removed Garibaldo Rissato Borges, a citizen of Brazil with a final order of removal, to Brazil on Nov. 1. Rissato is a foreign fugitive wanted by law enforcement authorities in Brazil for drug trafficking.

ICE remains committed to ensuring all those in its custody reside in safe, secure and humane environments. Comprehensive medical care is provided from the moment individuals arrive and throughout the entirety of their stay.

Notable among the noncitizens removed during the month were two documented gang members and a Mexican national who was convicted of a child sex offense and removed from the United States in 2020, only to illegally reenter the country and be convicted in 2021 of committing a second sex offense involving minors.

Mateo Hincapie Cardona, 28, is currently in custody pending removal proceedings. ERO Boston lodged an immigration detainer with the Suffolk County House of Corrections, who failed to honor the detainer and released him from their custody Oct. 19.

Those included removal flights to Brazil, Central America, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Haiti, Jamaica, and Mexico.

ICE ERO hosted international partners during a symposium in Washington D.C. where representatives from the UN-related International Organization for Migration and government representatives from Australia, Austria, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Spain and the United Kingdom convened at the agency’s headquarters on Oct. 22.

ICE ERO and U.K. Immigration Enforcement leadership held a bilateral meeting in Washington D.C. on Oct. 21.

ICE remains committed to ensuring that all those in its custody reside in safe, secure and humane environments. Comprehensive medical care is provided from the moment individuals arrive and throughout the entirety of their stay.

Rafael-Medrano was flown from Alexandria, Louisiana, on a charter flight coordinated by ICE's Air Operations Unit to the La Aurora International Airport in Guatemala City, Guatemala. Upon arrival, he was turned over to Guatemalan law enforcement authorities.

ICE's ERO Houston, with assistance from ERO Honduras and the Security Alliance for Fugitive Enforcement in Honduras, removed Fredy Rufino Aguilar-Hernandez, a 38-year-old unlawfully present Honduran national, from the United States Oct. 25. Aguilar-Hernandez is wanted in Honduras for murder.

ERO Boston apprehended an unlawfully present 20-year-old Guatemalan noncitizen charged in Massachusetts with rape and indecent assault and battery against a minor. Officers with ERO Boston arrested Selvin Alex Galvez-Mejia Oct. 18 in Springfield.

Those included removal flights to Central America, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, India, and Mexico.

ERO Philadelphia removed Romeo Pop Sacui, a citizen of Guatemala with a final order of removal, to Guatemala Oct. 22.

ERO Boston apprehended a Colombian fugitive wanted for money laundering crimes in her native country. Officers with ERO Boston arrested the 38-year-old Colombian fugitive Oct. 17 in Worcester.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials from the agency’s two operational directorates, Enforcement and Removal Operations and Homeland Security Investigations, participated in the International Association of Chiefs of Police Annual Conference and Expo in Boston from Oct. 9 to Oct. 22.

ERO Boston apprehended an unlawfully present Guatemalan noncitizen charged with aggravated rape, witness intimidation and indecent assault and battery of a Massachusetts resident. Officers from ERO Boston arrested 49-year-old Elmer Perez Aug. 15 in North Dartmouth.

ERO Boston apprehended an unlawfully present Guatemalan noncitizen charged with aggravated rape, witness intimidation and indecent assault and battery of a Massachusetts resident. Officers from ERO Boston arrested 49-year-old Elmer Perez Aug. 15 in North Dartmouth.

The El Paso Processing Center, owned and operated by ICE's ERO, was named the 2024 Program of the Year by the National Commission on Correctional Health Care.

ICE ERO officers in Raleigh initiated an investigation which led to the conviction of Robert Davis, a previously naturalized United States citizen born in Malaysia, for naturalization fraud.

Those included removal flights to Brazil, Central America, China, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Mexico and Peru.

ICE announced Oct. 18 that officers from ERO and special agents with HSI will engage with chiefs of police and law enforcement officials from around the world by participating in the International Association of Chiefs of Police Annual Conference and Expo in Boston Oct. 19 through Oct. 22.

ERO Philadelphia removed Gustavo Adolfo Rivas Munoz, a citizen of El Salvador with a final order of removal, to El Salvador Oct. 4.

ICE Chief of Staff Michael Lumpkin met with CoreCivic leaders today to discuss detained noncitizens’ needs and the agency’s unflagging commitment to maintaining the highest standards in detained noncitizen care.

Orlando Chavez, 43, a naturalized citizen of the United States born in Cuba and convicted child molester, was found guilty of naturalization fraud and using a fraudulently obtained naturalization certificate.