By Luis De Jesus
07 Apr 2024, 18:12 PM EDT
A Colombian citizen accused of sexual crimes against a minor over 14 years of age ended up detained by agents of the Office of Detention and Deportation in Massachusetts. ERO Boston deportation officers detained the suspect on March 28 near his Lynn residence.
ERO Boston Field Office Director Todd Lyons commented:
“This illegally present Colombian citizen is accused of a horrible crime. “There are few crimes more disturbing than the sexual assault of a child, and no person more disturbing than one who preys on the most innocent members of our communities.”
He affirmed that this office of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service will continue to prioritize public safety and work tenaciously to arrest and expel child sexual predators irregularly present in the localities.
The United States Border Patrol, in Eagle Pass, Texas, arrested the Colombian citizen on July 3, 2022, shortly after he entered the United States without documents. Authorities issued the noncitizen a notice to appear before a Department of Justice immigration judge and ERO enrolled him in Alternatives to Detention.
Rape, indecent assault and battery
Lynn authorities arrested the non-Colombian citizen in January and the District Court indicted him on January 29 for rape, indecent assault and battery on a child under 14 years of age.
Later that day, ERO Boston filed an immigration detainer against the Colombian migrant in Lynn District Court.
However, the Essex County Sheriff’s Department did not comply with the immigration detainer and released him from state custody, despite the pending sex charges.
ERO Boston deportation officers detained the alleged sex offender on March 28 near his residence. He was detained and served with a substitute notice to appear before a Department of Justice immigration judge and an arrest warrant.
The subject will remain in ICE custody pending deportation proceedings.
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