Massachusetts has seen a surge in illegal immigrants arrested for sex crimes in recent months, as the state and the city of Boston pledge to resist President-elect Donald Trump's mass deportation plan.
Since August, ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officials have arrested 26 undocumented immigrants in the Boston area on suspicion of sex crimes against children, ranging from child rape to sexual assault to distribution of child pornography.
Many of these immigrants were previously deported from the United States but later entered the country illegally.
As recently as December 3, ICE removed Adrian Patricio Huerta-Nivero, a 25-year-old undocumented immigrant, after it was discovered that he was wanted in his native Ecuador for the rape of a minor.
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The national flag flies over Boston City Hall on November 11, 2021. (Lane Turner/Boston Globe via Getty Images)
Nivero's firing came just a day after the Boston City Council unanimously voted to reaffirm a 2019 measure that limited the Boston Police Department's ability to cooperate with ICE in deporting illegal immigrants. The measure, aimed at protecting immigrant communities from “unreasonable enforcement actions,” limits Boston police's ability to cooperate with ICE and allows police to remove immigrants for possible deportation without a criminal warrant. It prohibits detention.
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey also vowed that state police would “absolutely not support” President Trump's mass deportation campaign.
Nevertheless, Governor Healey's spokesperson denied that Massachusetts is a “sanctuary state,” saying, “As a former prosecutor and attorney general, the governor believes violent criminals should be deported. '' he told FOX News Digital.
Boston authorities have remained largely silent about the series of sex crimes against city residents. Democratic Mayor Michelle Wu and the Boston City Council did not respond to Fox News Digital's requests for comment.
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In this undated photo, ICE agents arrest an illegal immigrant. (Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE))
november
In November, Boston ICE authorities arrested six illegal immigrants for sex crimes against children.
One of the most recent arrests announced by ICE on December 5 involved Salvador Castro Garcia, a 46-year-old Honduran national who was charged with indecent assault and battery on a child under 14. .
Garcia was deported in 2001 but later re-entered the country at an unknown location and time. ICE took Garcia into custody on November 21, after he was released on bail by Brockton District Court.
In addition to Garcia, Boston ICE ERO officers on November 20 arrested Felix Meretz Guarcas, a 45-year-old Guatemalan national who was charged with multiple counts of sexual assault of a minor.
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Felix Meretz Guarcas, 45, an illegal immigrant from Guatemala, was charged in Rhode Island with sexual assault of a child. (ice)
The Rhode Island Department of Corrections denied ICE's request to take Guarcas into custody, forcing officers to make a dangerous arrest in a public parking lot, ICE said in a statement. ICE is currently detaining Guarcas pending a hearing before an immigration judge.
On November 18, Boston ICE authorities announced that Beladis Tapia Gonzalez, a Dominican national who has been charged with second-degree child molestation and sexual assault, and Alexandre, who has been charged with rape of a child in his native Brazil.・Romao de Oliveira was arrested.
Billy Ernie Buitrago-Bustos, a 42-year-old Colombian immigrant, was arrested by ICE in Pittsfield, Massachusetts on November 15th, charged with rape of a child by force, statutory rape, and aggravated rape of a minor. It was done.
On November 12, ICE arrested Maynor Steben, a Guatemalan illegal immigrant, in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, after he was charged in Massachusetts with forcible rape of a child, rape of a child, and indecent assault and battery on a minor.・Suspect de Pasmuñoz (21 years old) was arrested. .
ICE arrested three illegal immigrants in Massachusetts this week on suspicion of forcible rape of a child. (ice)
October
Boston ICE ERO arrested three illegal immigrants for child sex crimes in October.
On October 31st, authorities arrested Andre Tiago Lucas, 36, from Brazil. Lucas fled his home country after being convicted of raping a 13-year-old child.
Two additional immigrants, Colombian national Mateo Hincapi Cardona, 28, and Guatemalan national Selvin Alex Gálvez-Mejía, 20, entered Boston ICE ERO on October 29 and October 18, respectively. I was arrested.
Cardona is charged with enticing a child under the age of 16, distributing obscene material, and causing a child to pose or exhibit nudity. Mejia is charged with rape and indecent assault and battery on a minor.
June 2, 2022: ICE agents conduct enforcement operations in the interior of the United States. ((Immigration and customs investigation))
september
In September, Boston ICE authorities arrested nine illegal immigrants accused of sex crimes against children.
Mayor Francisco Hernandez-Rodas, a 38-year-old Guatemalan national, was arrested by Boston ICE ERO on September 20th. He was charged with forcible rape of a minor in Massachusetts.
7 illegal immigrants within one week – Abraham Malpica, September 13th, Angel Gabriel delas Mejía, September 12th, Enrique Alberto Ortiz-Brito, September 12th, Felix Alberto Pérez-Gomez , September 11th, Jean de Amaral Belafronte, September 11th, Jefferson Jerome, September 11th, Brian Daniel Aldana Arevalo, September 10th, Elmer Sola, September 10th – Arrested for sex crimes by Boston ICE officers.
On August 1, Jorge Luis Castro-Alvarado, 28, of Guatemala, was arrested for raping a Massachusetts resident.
Mayor Michelle Wu in Boston, Massachusetts, February 14, 2023 (Matt Stone/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images)
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August
In August, Achim Mark Desir (18 years old, Haiti), Wally Neto (24 years old, Brazil), Elmer Perez (49 years old, Guatemala), Cory Bernard Alvarez (26 years old, The six people are illegal immigrants: Mark Carvens Beauvais (34 years old, Haiti), and Jackson Bento-Piñeiro. 35th, Brazil – Arrested by Boston ICE for sex crimes against children.
