Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Baltimore has announced the arrest of an illegal Salvadoran national who was convicted of sexual assault of a Maryland child.
Luis Portillo-Henriquez was arrested on June 10 in Ellicott City by deportation officers from ERO Baltimore’s Fugitive Operations Team.
“Luis Portillo-Henriquez has been convicted of sexually abusing a Maryland child,” said ERO Baltimore Field Office Director Matthew Elliston. “He represented a significant threat to the children of our Maryland neighborhoods. ERO Baltimore continues to prioritize public safety by apprehending and removing the most egregious noncitizen offenders from our communities. We are only out for the worst of the worst.”
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Portillo unlawfully entered the United States on an unknown date, at an unknown location, and without being inspected, admitted, or paroled by a U.S. immigration officer, officials say.
This man was arrested multiple times and released:
On April 29, 2010, the District Court for Baltimore County, Maryland-Traffic System convicted Portillo of DUI and gave him probation before judgment. The same court convicted him on September 13, 2017, of driving a vehicle without a license and gave him probation before judgment.
The Prince George’s County Police Department in Hyattsville arrested Portillo on Aug. 31, 2021, and charged him with changing lanes when it was unsafe to do so.
On Sept. 8, 2021, the Fredrick Police Department arrested and charged Portillo for DUI.
The Baltimore City Police Department arrested him on March 1, 2023, and charged him with driving while his license was suspended.
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On March 13, 2023, the Baltimore City Police Department arrested and charged him with two counts of a third-degree sex offense, sex offense in the fourth degree, rape in the second degree, child abuse in the second degree, and sexual abuse of a minor in the same house or family.
The District Court for Frederick County-Traffic System in Frederick convicted him of DUI on April 4, 2023, and sentenced him to one year of imprisonment.
On August 9, 2023, the Circuit Court for Baltimore County-Criminal in Baltimore convicted him of sexual abuse of a minor in the same house or family and sentenced him to 25 years of imprisonment. The court then suspended all but 18 months of Portillo’s prison sentence.
The District Court for Prince George’s County-Traffic System in Marlboro convicted Portillo on April 19, 2024, for changing lanes when unsafe and fined him.
The District Court for Baltimore County-Traffic System in Baltimore convicted Portillo on May 31 for driving while his license was suspended and fined him.
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Deportation officers from ERO Baltimore apprehended Portillo in Ellicott City on June 10 and issued him a notice to appear before a Department of Justice immigration judge. He will remain in ERO custody pending the outcome of his removal proceedings.
ERO conducts removals of individuals without a lawful basis to remain in the United States, including at the order of immigration judges with the Justice Department’s Executive Office for Immigration Review. The Executive Office for Immigration Review is a separate entity from the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Immigration judges in these courts make decisions based on the merits of each individual case, determining if a noncitizen is subject to a final order of removal or eligible for certain forms of relief from removal.
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