Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) New Orleans arrested a Honduran foreign fugitive on March 1 in Alabama, wanted for murder in his home country.
According to officials, the man entered the United States on an unknown day and location without being inspected, admitted, or paroled by immigration officials. On December 21, 2013, and October 17, 2016, he was arrested in Bossier City for municipal violations.
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- On July 4, 2018, the U.S. Border Patrol arrested him near Laredo, Texas. Agents issued him a notice and order of expedited removal for illegal entry.
- On July 9, 2018, a U.S. magistrate for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas convicted him of illegal entry and sentenced him to six days of imprisonment. ERO Harlingen removed him from the United States on July 20, 2018.
- On August 10, 2018, Juzgado de Letras de la Seccion Judicial de Choluteca in Honduras issued an arrest warrant, charging the Honduran citizen with murder.
- On an unknown date, he reentered the United States at an unknown location without being admitted or paroled by an immigration officer.
- On Feb. 25, 2024, the Bossier Parish Sheriff’s Office arrested the noncitizen for driving while intoxicated, being an unlicensed driver, and possessing an expired vehicle registration. The next day, the ERO New Orleans Criminal Apprehension Program identified him as a previously removed noncitizen wanted for murder in Honduras.
The man will remain in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) custody pending an upcoming hearing before an immigration judge with the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), a separate entity from the Department of Homeland Security and ICE. ERO New Orleans will seek his removal from the United States.
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