ICE Buffalo arrests Salvadoran national, convicted child predator

BUFFALO, N.Y. — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Buffalo arrested Salvadoran national Jacobo Argueta Fuentes pursuant to a warrant of deportation upon his release from the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision July 23 in Ossining.

This 33-year-old illegal alien and child sexual predator has been convicted of seven counts of rape; two counts of using a child in a sexual performance; four counts of sexual abuse; two counts of promoting prostitution; criminal sex act and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child.

“This criminal alien is a vile human who depravedly victimized and sexually exploited innocent children in the state of New York,” said ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Buffalo Deputy Field Office Director Joseph Freden. “ICE will not tolerate those who engage in this despicable and horrific behavior against children. We will pursue these loathsome criminals and seek their removal from the United States with the utmost urgency.”

Argueta illegally entered the U.S. at an unknown date and location without inspection or admission by an immigration official. On March 1, 2019, immigration officers encountered Argueta at the Riverhead Correctional Facility in Suffolk County, where he admitted he entered the U.S. by illegally crossing the international U.S.-Mexico land border around 2011. The New York State county court convicted Argueta Jan. 9, 2020, and sentenced him to six years in prison.   

ICE lodged an immigration detainer with the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision May 16, 2023, against Argueta’s release from custody. An immigration judge ordered him removed from the U.S. Dec. 17, 2024. He is in ICE custody pending execution of that order.

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