News Releases and Statements

ICE and the U.S. Marshals Service arrested Luis Fernando Melendez-Rivera, 27, an illegally present Mexican national wanted for aggravated homicide in Mexico, in Denver, Colorado, January 31.

Javier Irazabal-Rodriguez , 27, was previously convicted of sexual assault of a child on May 13, 2024, and sentenced to 10 years of probation, while Jhonatan Johan Romero-Pineda, 34, and Uzcategui-Uzcategui, 27, have been identified as active associates of the Tren de Aragua transnational criminal organization.

ICE conducted enhanced enforcement operations in Chicago and New York this week with routine daily enforcement occurring around the country, including in Baltimore and Houston.

ICE removed Ionel Cirpaci, a 61-year-old Romanian national wanted in his home country for human trafficking Jan. 30, via a commercial flight.

Elizabeth Ramirez-Medina, 39, faces a maximum penalty of two years in federal prison if convicted. She was arraigned on Jan. 28, 2025, and is currently detained pending the resolution of the criminal case.

ICE activities in Palm Beach County, Fla., recently netted 32 illegal aliens from various counties with criminal convictions which included drug possession, prostitution, illegal re-entry, resisting an officer, robbery, probation violation, fraud (illegal use of a credit card), larceny, cocaine possession, driving under the influence and possession of stolen property.

An investigation by ICE has led to Jonathan Javier Godoy-Pivaral, 29, an illegal alien from Honduras who was previously deported from the United States, being sentenced to more than five months in prison for illegally reentering the U.S.

ICE apprehended an illegally present Haitian national charged with assault and battery and indecent assault and battery of a person 14 years or older when ICE officers arrested Jean Yves Yves Ovilme, 37, January 22 in Boston.

ICE apprehended an illegally present Salvadoran national convicted of sexually assaulting a Virginia resident when officers with ICE Washington, D.C. arrested Nicolas Alberto Hernandez-Lopez, 46, Jan. 15 in Fairfax County, Virginia.

ICE Boston officers arrested Cesar Augusto Polanco, 59, an illegally present Dominican national convicted of murder in Massachusetts.

ICE arrested Mexican national Jorge Ivan Romero, 43, in El Paso, Texas, Jan. 29.

ICE officers arrested Sandra Ordaz, 47, an illegally present citizen of Mexico, Jan. 27 in Pomona, California, during an enforcement operation.

ICE apprehended a citizen of Ghana who was convicted of sex crimes with a minor when officers arrested Joseph Osei Boateng January 29 in Columbus, Ohio.

ICE apprehended an illegally present Mexican national with a conviction for hit and run when officers arrested Hernandez-Gomez January 28 in Detroit.

ICE officers arrest illegal alien Jesus Romero-Hernandez after sheriff refuses to honor a federal warrant

ICE arrested Luis Gualdron-Gualdron, a citizen and national of Venezuela who previously entered the United States without inspection, Jan. 31 without incident near the Northampton County Prison shortly after an immigration detainer was not honored.

U.S. Immigration officials first encountered Juan Benitez-Ortega, 48, an illegal alien and Mexican national, Sept. 20, 1998, after being arrested for possession of cocaine, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service arrested Benitez charging him with immigration violations.

All four individuals will remain in ICE custody pending removal proceedings.

David Lopez Javier, a 45-year-old twice deported criminal alien from Honduras, and Efrain Gomez Cac, a 30-year-old previously removed criminal alien from Guatemala, were arrested in Conroe and Cleveland, Texas, respectively.

ICE arrested Luz Maria Ramirez-Monreal, an illegally present Mexican national, in Montrose County, Colorado, Jan. 29.

ICE apprehended an illegally present Salvadoran national charged with raping a Massachusetts resident when officers arrested Jose Garcia-Salmeron, 34, in Boston Jan. 22.

Officers with ICE ERO Boston arrest Luis Adolfo Guerra-Perez, an illegally present gang member charged with firearms and drug crimes in Boston Jan. 22.

ICE officers from ERO Baltimore arrested Anderson Geovany Romero in Hyattsville, Maryland, Jan. 25

Officers with ICE ERO Washington, D.C. arrest Daniel Bustamante-Cespedez, an illegally present 35-year-old Bolivian national Jan. 15 in Fairfax County, Virginia.

Officers from ICE ERO Boston arrested Juan Alberto Rodezno-Marin, an illegally present Honduran national charged with sex crimes, armed robbery and assault and battery.