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April 25, 2025
|Enforcement and Removal
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement apprehended an illegally present Guatemalan national charged with assault and battery on a police officer and assault with a dangerous weapon. Officers with ICE Boston arrested Luis Javier Chavez-Galiego, 20, in Chelsea Feb. 8.
April 25, 2025
|Enforcement and Removal
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested illegal Salvadoran national Brayan Eleazar Angulo-Barrios, 26, in Hyattsville, Maryland, April 22, after the Prince Georges County Department of Corrections failed to honor another ICE immigration detainer.
April 24, 2025
|Enforcement and Removal
ICE removed a Brazilian fugitive convicted in her native country for aggravated first-degree murder, desecration of a corpse and theft of motor vehicle. Officers with ICE Boston removed Lenaria Aparecida Pereira Sandoval from the United States to Brazil, March 27, and turned her over to Brazilian authorities.
April 24, 2025
|Enforcement and Removal
ICE Philadelphia removed Jeovann Anthony Forde, a citizen of Jamaica with a final order of removal, to his home country on March 27.
April 24, 2025
|Enforcement and Removal
Officers with ICE Boston arrested Daniel Encarnacion-Sanchez, 20, in Boston Feb. 7.
April 22, 2025
|Enforcement and Removal
ICE arrested illegal 23-year-old Guatemalan national Keycy Robinson Alexis Barrera-Rosa, April 5, in La Plata, Maryland. Berrera-Rosa is pending charges for the murder of his girlfriend, Lesbia Mileth Ramirez-Guerra, 23. Ramirez was also a Guatemalan alien.
April 21, 2025
|Enforcement and Removal
Officers with ICE Boston and agents with FBI Boston and ATF Boston arrested Oscar Lopez-Perez, 40, April 16 in Brockton. Lopez-Perez has a prior conviction for assault and battery and has been charged with operating a vehicle while under the influence of liquor.
April 17, 2025
|Human Smuggling/Trafficking, Enforcement and Removal
ICE removed Wilver Cota-Ortiz, 43, a citizen of El Salvador, to his home country where he is wanted by law enforcement authorities for human trafficking.
April 17, 2025
|Enforcement and Removal
ICE arrested Kelvin Emanuel Granados-Sorto, 30, an illegal alien and Honduran citizen April 11 after he was transferred to ICE custody by the Maryland Department of Corrections.
April 16, 2025
|Enforcement and Removal
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, with assistance from federal partners, arrested 44 illegal aliens – including 24 criminal aliens and one documented Paisas gang member – during a targeted enforcement operation conducted from April 6-12 to bolster public safety, national security, and border security.
April 16, 2025
|Enforcement and Removal
ICE and law enforcement partners apprehended 206 illegal aliens during an enhanced targeted immigration enforcement operation focusing on egregious criminal alien offenders in and around New York City April 6-12.
April 15, 2025
|Enforcement and Removal
Officers and agents arrested Marvin Mateo-Alberto, 25, in Falls Church, Virginia April 10.
April 15, 2025
|Enforcement and Removal
ICE along with federal partners from the FBI and the ATFE arrested a 32-year-old Dominican national convicted of a sex crime against a Massachusetts resident. Officers and agents arrested Moises Ricardo Peralta-Matos Feb. 25 in Worcester.
April 15, 2025
|Enforcement and Removal
ICE removed Christopher Alexis Rodriguez Flores, 24, a Salvadoran national wanted for rape against a minor in his home country, April 9.
April 15, 2025
|Enforcement and Removal
ICE in St. Paul removed illegally present Leonardo Elias Chicoj Mejia, 26, to his home country April 9 to face charges of gender based violence which includes charges such as domestic violence.
April 15, 2025
|Enforcement and Removal
ICE arrested Rene Pop-Chub, 32, an illegal alien and Guatemalan citizen, April 12, in Hyattsville, Maryland, after Prince Georges County Department of Corrections failed to honor an ICE immigration detainer, releasing him back into the public.
April 14, 2025
|Enforcement and Removal
Officers with ICE Boston and agents with FBI Boston and ATF Boston arrested Ilma Leandro De Oliveira, 53, in Falmouth, March 20.
April 14, 2025
|Enforcement and Removal
ICE arrested Thomas Afram Chammo, a 27-year-old citizen of Lebanon, April 3, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
April 14, 2025
|Enforcement and Removal
Daniel Morejon Garcia, 57, was taken into custody at his residence following an investigation conducted by ICE Homeland Security Investigations. The investigation centered on fraudulent claims he allegedly made when entering the country.
April 14, 2025
|Firearms, Ammunition and Explosives, Enforcement and Removal
Orville Andrew Pernell, a 32-year-old Jamaican citizen was apprehended by ICE Homeland Security Investigations and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives special agents in Savannah, Georgia following an extensive investigation and multinational manhunt April 4.
April 11, 2025
|Enforcement and Removal
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem joined ICE and federal law enforcement partners in apprehending three illegal aliens during an enhanced targeted enforcement operation focusing on criminal illegal alien offenders in Phoenix, Arizona, to bolster public safety, national security and border security, April 8.
April 11, 2025
|Enforcement and Removal
Officers with ICE Boston arrested Carlos Antonio Zepeda-Ruiz in Hartford Feb. 27.
April 11, 2025
|Enforcement and Removal, Organized Crime
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement removed Tomas Jesus Yarrington Ruvalcaba, 68, a citizen of Mexico wanted by Mexican authorities, April 9.
April 11, 2025
|Enforcement and Removal, Child Exploitation
Officers with ICE Boston and agents from DEA New England and ATF Boston arrested Gilberto Avila-Jara, 64, in Lawrence April 1.
April 11, 2025
|Enforcement and Removal
Each individual has been charged with aggravated identity theft, misuse of Social Security numbers, and false statements regarding citizenship with the intent to engage unlawfully in employment.
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