News Releases and Statements

ICE assisted the Fayetteville Police Department in the arrest and interview of Mackendy Darbouze, a 26-year-old citizen and national of Haiti, on Feb. 21.

An investigation by ICE has resulted in Jose Mario Abrego-Mejia, 34, an illegal alien from Honduras who was previously removed from the United States, being indicted with illegal reentry by a previously deported alien.

ICE, assisted by the DEA, apprehended three illegally present aliens during a routine enforcement operation in Sterling, Feb. 19.

On Feb. 19, ICE and the MPPD arrested Brandon Brill on child exploitation charges after local law enforcement initiated an investigation into a minor being extorted for child sexual abuse material images.

Three employees, who are illegal aliens unlawfully present in the United States were encountered, interviewed, and subsequently arrested for administrative immigration violations and detained pending removal. One of those arrested has a criminal history of driving under the influence and assault.

ICE apprehended an illegally present Brazilian national charged with raping a Massachusetts resident when officers arrested Willian Robert Vasconcelos-Dos Santos, 21, in Falmouth Jan. 21.

ICE arrested and removed Francisco Samaniego Leal, 44, a citizen of Mexico, Feb. 18.

Officers with ICE Boston’s Providence, Rhode Island field office arrest Edilio Agustin-Orellana Jan. 27 in Providence. Agustin, an illegally present Guatemalan national is charged in Brockton, Massachusetts, with armed home invasion and kidnapping crimes.

ICE arrested Mark Adrian Vicars, a 58-year-old citizen of the United Kingdom illegally present in the United States, on Feb 21 who was previously convicted for impersonating a U.S. Federal Air Marshal, among other offenses, upon his release from the U.S. Bureau of Prisons Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York.

ICE and our federal law enforcement partners arrested an illegal alien and Columbian citizen Feb. 21 after Northampton County Prison refused to honor the ICE immigration detainer asking them to hold him in a secure location inside prison walls. This required more resources and higher cost to taxpayers.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, with assistance from law enforcement partners, apprehended Richard Alfanso Smith, 48, an illegally present Jamaican national subject to a final order of removal, Feb. 19.

ICE arrested Juan Antonio Reyes, 51, an illegally present Salvadorian national in Baton Rouge Feb. 17 after being alerted that he tried to purchase a firearm.

ICE and the FBI apprehended an illegally present citizen of Egypt and Turkey when officers and agents arrested Noareleslam Abdelrahman, 27, during an at-large, targeted enforcement action in Abingdon.

ICE and law enforcement partners from the FBI, the DEA, and the ATFE apprehended an illegally present Brazilian national and validated gang member convicted of assault and battery against a Massachusetts resident with the arrest of Caio Vitor Guimaraes-Silva, 21, during an immigration enforcement operation in Bellingham, Feb. 3.

ICE arrested a Venezuelan national wanted in Chile for narcotics and weapons trafficking Jan. 26. Officers arrested Carlos Daniel Teran-Aguilar, an 18-year-old citizen of Venezuela and Tren de Aragua member, during routine daily operations in Austin.

ICE has removed a transnational gang member or criminal alien from the Houston area who illegally entered the United States at least six times, for the third time in 10 days.

ICE removed Pedro Bailon, a 36-year-old citizen of Mexico and convicted felon charged with second-degree murder, to his home country Feb. 12.

ICE arrested Rogelio Venegas Martinez, 40, a citizen of Mexico on Feb. 17 in Vista, California, on charges related to driving under the influence.

The charges are the result of a multijurisdictional investigation that began in the aftermath of four murders, and a series of attempted murders and shootings that took place in Lynn, Massachusetts in 2023, allegedly committed by the Trinitarios criminal enterprise.

ICE arrested a Jamaican fugitive wanted in his home country for shooting with intent and removed Leroy Neville White, 30, from the United States to Jamaica Jan. 30 and turned him over to Jamaican authorities.

ICE, with assistance from the SAFE Task Force, removed William Alexander Diaz Reyes, a 32-year-old foreign fugitive, from the United States Feb. 14.

ICE Denver officers arrested Ender Jose Roa Contreras, 29, a suspected TdA member and illegal alien who was found in possession of a firearm, Feb. 19. ICE is committed to removing public safety threats from our communities.

ICE and the USMS arrested Luis Naula-Candelario, a criminal alien from Ecuador who is wanted in his home country for murder, in Pickerington, Ohio, Feb. 12.

ICE assisted by the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, apprehended three illegally present aliens during a routine enforcement operation in Arlington, Feb. 11.

ICE arrested Noel Chinchilla-Avilez, a citizen of Honduras with a final order of removal, in York, Pennsylvania, Feb. 14. Chinchilla-Avilez has been charged with statutory rape and receiving stolen property in the United States.