Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) The United States recently announced the arrest of an illegal immigrant in Massachusetts who had been in the United States illegally for about two years.
Julio Esteban Batista Castillo, 24, was charged with kidnapping, malicious destruction of property, trespassing and burglary, as well as several counts of assault and battery. He was arrested by ICE agents in Boston on November 18th.
According to an ICE press release issued Tuesday, the suspect entered the United States illegally in January 2023.
Patricia Hyde, acting Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO) Boston field office director, said in a statement that Batista-Castillo was taken into ICE custody because immigration detainees were not respected in Roxbury District Court. A court had arraigned him prior to ICE's arrest.
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Exterior of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) headquarters in Washington, DC, on July 6, 2018. us (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
“Batista is charged with very serious crimes, including strangulation and assault and battery with a firearm,” Hyde said. “This is someone you don't want to release into the community.”
Hyde added that the court put the Boston community at risk by not holding him in custody.
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“Boston ERO has filed a motion for immigration detention against him in Roxbury District Court, which requires law enforcement officers to simply detain him for a short period of time so they can arrest him in a safe and controlled environment. It was a request,” she added. “Unfortunately, this detainee was not honored, putting everyone in the community and our staff at risk.”
Batista Castillo is one of countless violent immigrants arrested by Boston ICE this year. Belladis Tapia Gonzalez An MS-13 gang member accused of second-degree child sexual abuse was arrested by ICE agents in Lynn, Massachusetts on November 18th.
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Another suspected child predator, Mateo Hincapie Cardona, was arrested by ICE authorities in Boston in October. He was charged with enticing a child under the age of 16, distributing obscene material, and causing a child to pose or display nudity.
Fox News Digital's Greg Norman and Adam Shaw contributed to this report.
