The Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service (ICE) reported this Monday that it deported two people who were wanted by the authorities of El Salvador for aggravated homicide, as part of its effort to collaborate with the arrest of foreign fugitives who are hiding in the United States.
Óscar Melkin Moreno Romero, aged 28, and Hernán Quintanilla Herrera, aged 44 years were deported last Friday and handed over to officials of the National Civil Police (PNC) of El Salvador, ICE said in a statement. Both Salvadorans had entered the US illegally.
The Montgomery County, Texas, Sheriff’s Office arrested Moreno Romero on June 4, 2021 during a routine traffic stop, where it was discovered that there was an Interpol red notice against him for aggravated homicide in El Salvador, calling for his arrest for extradition.
That same day, Moreno Romero was transferred to ICE custody and placed in removal proceedings. On November 22 of 2008 an immigration judge issued the removal order, and three weeks later the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) denied an appeal, paving the way for his deportation to El Salvador.
In the case of Quintanilla Herrera, the Salvadoran was arrested on 21 March 2021 in Houston by ICE officers after it was discovered that there was a red alert from Interpol active for aggravated homicide and belonging to illicit groups in El Salvador. The deportation was ordered by an immigration judge in July of 2021 and the BIA denied the appeal last November.
ICE today urged the public to report to immigration authorities foreign fugitives residing in the United States. The administration of President Joe Biden has said that deportations are focused on foreigners who pose a threat to the public.
Last week, authorities in Houston, Texas, accused Salvadoran José Óscar Rosales of murdering a Harris County police officer.
According to the Harris District Attorney’s Office, the immigrant has been a fugitive on a charge of stabbing in the county since 1995. It may also be related to a murder in 2008 in El Salvador.
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