It seems like Maribel Martinez Garcia, a 40-year-old Mexican national, has been playing a real-life game of “tag” with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
After being deported four times and even serving time for murder in Alabama, she was finally caught again in Houston on August 29th.
“This arrest is just another example of the critical public safety function that ICE ERO serves in our local communities while enforcing our nation’s immigration laws,” said ERO Houston Field Office Director Bret A. Bradford. “Thanks to hypervigilance and outstanding teamwork between ERO Houston and ERO New Orleans we were able to quickly locate this convicted murderer who has repeatedly violated our nation’s immigration laws and safely take her into custody before she could hurt anyone else.”
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One might wonder if she collects deportation stamps in her passport.
ICE officers, with a little help from their colleagues in New Orleans, tracked her down and found her with a counterfeit social security card and a fake green card.
Martinez’s history of illegal entries and re-entries into the U.S. is extensive, dating back to 2000. She was convicted of murder in 2008.
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“This case demonstrates the impact ERO has on public safety every day, and now this dangerous, repetitive criminal is off our streets,” said ERO New Orleans Field Office Director Mellissa Harper. “ERO will continue to focus on our mission of removing criminal noncitizens from our communities.”
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