An illegal Brazilian immigrant was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Massachusetts on suspicion of a series of sex crimes.
Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Announced Jackson Bento Pinheiro was arrested in Wakefield, Massachusetts after entering the United States illegally.
Authorities said the 35-year-old man was charged in Massachusetts with rape, indecent assault and domestic assault.
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ERO Boston deportation officers arrested Jackson Bento Pinheiro on August 13 in Wakefield, Massachusetts. (Fox News Source)
A law enforcement source confirmed to Fox News that a local bail commissioner allowed him to be released on bail despite an outstanding warrant for his arrest for domestic violence.
ICE arrived on the scene and took him into custody, sources said.
Migrants walk along a highway through Suchiate, Chiapas, southern Mexico, on their way north to the U.S. border, Sunday, July 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Edgar H. Clemente)
The immigrant’s run-in with the law began in July 2021 when he was apprehended at the border near San Ysidro, California.
The next day, Border Patrol notified Bent to appear before a Department of Justice immigration judge and then released him back onto the street.
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Bent reported to ERO Boston on Aug. 22, 2021, and was removed from the Alternatives to Detention (ATD) program, which allows immigrants to remain in the United States. Their immigration process.
Fox News Digital has reached out to ICE for comment.
