U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement apprehended numerous illegal aliens convicted of serious offenses, including child sex crimes and violent attacks, during the recent weekend.
Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis stated the agency targets such individuals relentlessly.
“Over the weekend, ICE arrested pedophiles, sexual deviants, kidnappers, and other violent thugs,” Bis said in a news release. “Every day, our law enforcement officers remove heinous criminals from our communities. If you come to our country illegally and break our laws, we will find you and arrest you. Criminals are not welcome in the U.S.”
Among those detained, Guadalupe Mercado-Guerra from Mexico faced three counts of indecency with a child by contact in Travis County, Texas. Rafael Garcia from Mexico received a conviction for continuous sexual abuse of a child in Fresno County, California. Josman Policarpo from Angola was convicted of aggravated sexual assault in Harris County, Texas.
Carlos Perez-Mendez from Mexico had been found guilty of criminal sexual assault by force in Cook County, Illinois. Dongsheng Xie from China faced charges of domestic violence battery in Lake Mary, Florida. Rafael Disla from the Dominican Republic received a kidnapping conviction in Orange City, Florida.
Luis Hernandez-Monteverde from Venezuela was convicted of threat of violence, disorderly conduct, violation of a protective order, and assault in Provo, Utah. Alejandro Santos-Fernandez from Mexico faced convictions for burglary of habitation, assault on a family or household member — impeding breath or circulation, and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in Laredo, Texas.
Additional arrests involved Javier Herrera-Moran from Mexico, convicted of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill and discharging a firearm in an occupied vehicle in Forsyth County, North Carolina. Luis Sanchez-Hernandez from Mexico faced battery, attempted burglary, and possession of cocaine charges in Orlando, Florida.
Catherin Palacios-Medina from Mexico was convicted of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon or instrument in Jerome, Idaho. Carlos Zavala-Vargas from Mexico received an aggravated robbery conviction in Huntsville, Texas. Manuel Marin-Jimenez from Colombia faced a burglary conviction in White Plains, New York.
Ruowei Liu from China was convicted of prostitution and keeping a bawdy residence in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Juan Manuel Valdez from the Dominican Republic was convicted of selling a controlled drug in Rockingham, New Hampshire.
ICE emphasized that it will continue to pursue the most dangerous offenders to safeguard American communities. Further examples appear on WOW.DHS.Gov.
