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The operation targeted 16 unlawfully present foreign nationals and resulted in 10 arrests.

The 42-year-old Mexican citizen, who also holds Guatemalan citizenship, unlawfully entered the United States at an unknown location, on an unknown date prior to December 2004, without being inspected or admitted by a U.S. immigration official.

All arrests took place in the assigned ERO Seattle states of Alaska, Washington and Oregon, with criminal convictions made by courts in Washington and Oregon.

ERO Baltimore apprehended an undocumented Salvadoran noncitizen convicted of illegally possessing an unregistered firearm. Deportation officers from ERO Baltimore’s Criminal Apprehension Program arrested the 24-year-old member of the notorious MS-13 street gang Jan. 10 at his residence in Silver Spring.

ERO Harlingen apprehended six unlawfully present noncitizens with pending charges or convictions for murder, homicide or assault against children during a nationwide law enforcement effort from January 16-28.

ERO Philadelphia removed Thalles Mendes Ribeiro, a citizen of Brazil with a final order of removal, to Brazil on Jan. 26. Mendes is a foreign fugitive wanted by law enforcement authorities in Brazil for false imprisonment and rape.

ICE, working in coordination with DHS and CBP, facilitated removal flights, including single adults and family units to Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, Egypt, Mauritania, Mexico, Peru and Senegal, Jan. 29 – Feb. 2.

ICE's ERO officers apprehended 26 unlawfully present noncitizens with pending charges or convictions for murder, homicide and assault against children during a nationwide law enforcement effort that ran from January 16 to 28. 

Those arrested include a 51-year-old citizen of El Salvador arrested in Salt Lake City. In July 2009, the Third District Court in Salt Lake City convicted this noncitizen of misdemeanor negligent homicide; she will remain in ICE custody pending removal proceedings.

During the arrest, ERO officers also located an assault rifle, a pistol, and large amounts of ammunition for both weapons.

ICE focuses on the arrest of noncitizens who have committed crimes and other individuals who have violated our nation’s immigration laws.

ICE engages with stakeholders nationwide, including state, local, tribal, territorial governments, elected officials, and law enforcement, the private sector, faith-based organizations and colleges and universities.

ERO Philadelphia removed Rakin Islam Chowdhury, a citizen of Bangladesh with a final order of removal, to Bangladesh on Jan. 17. Chowdhury was previously convicted of attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization.

Deportation officers from ERO Baltimore’s Fugitive Operations Team arrested the 30-year-old MS-13 gang member Jan. 29 near his residence in Silver Spring.

On Nov. 18, 2020, the FBI in Philadelphia arrested Nabila Khan for conspiracy to provide material support of resources to a foreign terrorist organization.

ICE, working in coordination with DHS and CBP, facilitated removal flights, including single adults and family units to Central America, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica and Venezuela, Jan. 22 - 26.

The agency is dedicated to transparency, providing open lines of communication with stakeholders regarding its mission and operations.

Cary Yan, who was convicted of conspiring to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, was flown from John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens to Amata Kabua International Airport in Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands.

ICE, working in coordination with DHS and CBP, facilitated removal flights, including single adults and family units to Central America, Colombia, Dominican Republic, and Venezuela, Jan. 22 - 24.

ERO Boston deportation officers removed Hughie Antony Odonoghue Jan. 17. Odonoghue has numerous criminal convictions in Ireland.

On Aug. 8, 2016, he was issued a final judgement of guilty for the offense of assault/aggravated injury in Italy’s Criminal Court of Pistoia and sentenced to incarceration for one year, one month and 26 days.

ERO Newark arrested a Colombian fugitive Dec. 27, 2023, who is wanted by officials in his home country to complete a murder sentence.

ICE, working in coordination with DHS and CBP, facilitated removal flights, including single adults and family units to Central America, Ecuador, Haiti, Peru and Venezuela, Jan. 15 - 19.

ERO Houston, with assistance from ERO Mexico and the SAFE Task Force, removed Cruz Aranda-Garcia, a 38-year-old unlawfully present Mexican national, from the United States Jan. 18. Aranda-Garcia is wanted in Mexico for attempted homicide.

ERO Baltimore apprehended an undocumented Salvadoran noncitizen convicted of illegally possessing an unregistered firearm.