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

ICE's ERO Boston removed Juan Carlos Contreras Perez, a 30-year-old, unlawfully present Peruvian national, to his home country Dec. 19. Contreras was accused of counterfeit crimes in Milford and was wanted in Peru for aggravated robbery.

ICE's ERO Salt Lake City officers removed Iker Daniel Castillo Sarabia, 22, a citizen of Mexico wanted by law enforcement authorities in Mexico for domestic violence and harmful injuries, to Mexico Jan. 7.

ICE's ERO Boston arrested Jorge Armando Jacinto on Dec. 15, 2024. Jacinto, aka Jorge Jacinto Masariego, was arrested immediately following his release from the Adult Correctional Institution in Cranston, Rhode Island, after serving 14 years for child molestation.

ICE's ERO Boston arrested an Ecuadoran national Jan. 2 who has been accused of human trafficking and migrant smuggling in his home country.

This was the second time ERO arrested Agnaldo Moreira da Cruz, 29, after two separate incidents where the Barnstable County Correctional Facility and subsequently the Barnstable Superior Court released him from custody, not honoring an ICE detainer and the conditions of a Writ of Habeas Corpus between ERO and Massachusetts.

ICE's ERO Boston arrested Rudy Salvador-Perez, a 20-year-old Guatemalan national, on Dec. 13 after the Essex County House of Corrections released him into ICE custody. Salvador is accused of kidnapping, indecent assault and battery on a child, indecent exposure, and assault and battery.

Walter Jose Galeas Sanchez, 40, a documented MS-13 gang member, was removed from the United States Dec. 13.

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

ICE's ERO Denver officers apprehended 22 unlawfully present noncitizens who have criminal convictions or pending criminal charges between Dec 9 and 20, 2024.

ICE's ERO Boston arrested a Peruvian national Dec. 16 who unlawfully entered the United States in 2004 by coming across the U.S.-Mexico border and has been accused of raping a minor in his home country.

Leonardo Andujar Sanchez, 28, is currently in state custody, and ERO Boston has lodged an immigration detainer against him.

ICE's ERO Baltimore conducted a targeted operation Dec. 17 which resulted in the arrest of eight unlawfully present noncitizen offenders throughout Maryland.

Officers from ERO Boston arrested Emilio Jose Pena-Casilla Dec. 17 in Boston.

ICE's ERO Detroit removed Fabio-Ochoa Vasquez, a citizen of Colombia with an expedited order of removal, to Colombia Dec. 23.

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

Ali, aka “Tukeh,” had been residing in Springfield, Virginia, and served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Somali National Army and Commander of the Fifth Brigade in Northwest Somalia from approximately May 1987 to July 1988. The Somali National Army committed numerous serious human rights violations against civilians during that time, including the arbitrary arrest and execution of suspected political opponents, the burning of entire towns, the unlawful use of landmines and the destruction of water reservoirs to target the civilian population.

ICE's ERO Philadelphia announced that Martin Enrique Bacigalupo Olivera, a citizen of Peru with a final order of removal, was removed to his home country on December 19. Bacigalupo is wanted by Peruvian authorities for crimes against life, body and health, specifically homicide.

ICE's ERO in New York City arrested unlawfully present Mexican citizen Jose Hernandez Sachez, Dec. 19. Hernandez has convictions for third degree sexual abuse among other charges.

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

Hyunjae Choi, 45, and Young Jin Nam, 49, are citizens of South Korea who were arrested without incident in Redmond, Washington Sept. 9 during a targeted enforcement operation.

Jeovann Anthony Forde, 23, a citizen of Jamaica living in Philadelphia, was arrested during a targeted enforcement operation without incident.

ICE's ERO Newark, with assistance from FBI Newark, arrested Salvadoran citizen and known member of the MS-13 criminal organization Johnathan Stanley Garcia-Vasquez, aka Johnathan Stanley Garcia-Garcia, Dec. 20. Garcia is wanted by authorities in El Salvador for aggravated homicide and terrorist organizations.

ICE's ERO Boston arrested a 68 -year-old El Salvadoran national Dec. 17, who is wanted for failing to register as a Sex Offender. Candelario Navarrete was arraigned by the East Boston, Massachusetts District Court for the offense of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender, on May 2, the case is pending.

ICE's ERO Boston arrested an El Salvadoran national, Dec. 17, who is wanted on felony charges of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14. Hugo Israel Ruiz, 55, was arrested Aug. 22 by Revere Police Department and sent to the Chelsea District Court.