ERO El Paso removes Guatemalan fugitive wanted for aggravated rape in his home country
EL PASO, Texas — Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) El Paso deportation officers removed an unlawfully present Guatemalan national, wanted in his home country for aggravated rape, from the United States on Aug. 30.
Antonio David Osorio-Lucas, 23, who had a final order of removal, was flown to Guatemala on a charter flight operated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Air Operations Unit. ERO officers turned custody of Osorio-Lucas over to local authorities at the La Aurora International Airport in Guatemala City, Guatemala.
On July 10, Osorio-Lucas illegally entered the United States in El Paso, and U.S. Border Patrol agents encountered and arrested him the same day. On July 12, Osorio-Lucas was issued and served with a notice of expedited removal and was charged with illegal entry. He was convicted on July 18 of the same charge, and was sentenced to six days of confinement or time served.
He was released from the El Paso County Detention Facility on July 19 and turned over to ERO El Paso custody. He remained in ICE custody at the El Paso Processing Center until he was removed from the country.
“Foreign fugitives living among us are a threat to our country’s national security and risk to public safety,” said ERO El Paso Field Office Director Mary De Anda-Ybarra. “ICE considers egregious and violent criminals our highest priority for removal, and we will continue to focus immigration enforcement efforts on identifying and arresting them to make sure they are returned to face justice in their home countries.”
Members of the public who have information about foreign fugitives should contact ICE by calling the ICE Tip Line at 866-347-2423 or internationally at 001-1802-872-6199. They can also file a tip online by completing ICE’s online tip form.
As one of ICE’s three operational directorates, ERO is the principal federal law enforcement authority in charge of domestic immigration enforcement. ERO’s mission is to protect the homeland through the arrest and removal of those who undermine the safety of U.S. communities and the integrity of U.S. immigration laws, and its primary areas of focus are interior enforcement operations, management of the agency’s detained and non-detained populations, and repatriation of noncitizens who have received final orders of removal. ERO’s workforce consists of more than 7,700 law enforcement and non-law enforcement support personnel across 25 domestic field offices and 208 locations nationwide, 30 overseas postings, and multiple temporary duty travel assignments along the border.
For more updates on noncitizens being removed from the community in the interest of public safety, follow ERO El Paso on X, formerly known as Twitter, @EROElPaso.
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