Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has deported two noncitizen fugitives arrested in Texas and wanted for aggravated homicide in El Salvador, a news release said.
ICE announced that in keeping with the Biden Administration's priorities for interior enforcement, it deported two Salvadoran nationals on Jan. 28 from Alexandria, LA, to San Salvador on a charter flight coordinated by the agency's Air Operations Unit.
ICE is calling for help from citizens in supplying information that could bring fugitives like these two men to justice.
"Members of the public who have information about foreign fugitives are urged to contact ICE by calling the ICE Tip Line at 1-866- 347-2423 or internationally at 001-1802-872-6199. They can also file a tip online by completing ICE's online tip form," an ICE news release said.
The two deportees have been identified as Oscar Melkin Moreno Romero, 28, and Hernan Quintanilla Herrera, 44, according to the news release.
Upon arrival in El Salvador, the fugitives were turned over to officials of El Salvador's Civilian National Police for custody. The individuals entered the U.S. without inspection; the date and location are unknown.
An active Interpol Red Notice resulted in both of their arrests. Moreno Romero was captured on June 4 after his fugitive status in relation to aggravated homicide came to light during a routine traffic stop by the Montgomery County (Texas) Constables Office. ICE fugitive operations officers in Houston picked up Quintanilla Herrera on March 21.
Both men took their case to the Board of Immigration Appeals but lost, the news release said.
"We have fundamentally changed immigration enforcement in the interior," Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said in an interview with CBS News last month. "For the first time ever, our policy explicitly states that a noncitizen's unlawful presence in the United States will not, by itself, be a basis for the initiation of an enforcement action."
