A Dominican drug dealer, previously deported as a fentanyl prostitute, was seen as tears and broken after being arrested while returning illegally to the US.
Virginia Basola Gonzalez, 36, was sobbing as an agent arrested her in Philadelphia last Wednesday. Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) I said.
The US Magistrate Judge issued a federal arrest warrant for her arrest on the same day that she intended to provide notice of intent to restore a final removal order against her.
She will retain federal custody by pending charges for re-entry after deportation, the Feds said.
The photos shared by Ice shows a convicted drug dealer crying as she was being taken by her cufflinks.
“The arrest of Virginia Basola Gonzalez demonstrates our commitment to protecting our community from criminals engaged in serious illegal activities that pose a threat to public safety,” said Brian McShane, acting Philadelphia Field Office Director.
“This successful joint operation exemplifies the joint efforts of federal law enforcement agencies, enforcing immigration laws in our country and eliminating dangerous individuals from the streets.”
The tear-eyed drug dealer was living illegally when the Drug Enforcement Bureau first arrested her in Pennsylvania in June 2019, and arrested her aid and beg.
She pleaded guilty to the charges and was sentenced to 12 months, one day of confinement and four years of supervised release, but was deported by ice back to her home country in the Dominican Republic before she was sentenced to her sentence in October 2020.
However, the convicted opioid dealer illegally re-entered the United States for a second time on an unknown date.
ICE discovered that she has returned to the US after a secret source reported her return on March 7, 2025. Daily Mail.
The agent is said to have grabbed Baso La Gonzales outside his job at the Latierra del Caribe restaurant in North Philadelphia, where he worked as a chef.
According to the affidavit, law enforcement used the FBI fingerprint database to verify her identity.
Her court-appointed lawyer said she should not be detained before trial.
The government responded to her previous conviction by “confirming the conclusion that pretrial detention is necessary.”
