The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) in Miami has turned over a Mexican national wanted in that country for murder, a recent ICE news release said.
Marin Fuentes Baltazar, 39, was flown from Miami International Airport to Harlingen, Texas, where he was handed over to Mexican police through the port of entry in Brownsville.
“Returning this fugitive to Mexico is a prime example of how ICE works closely with our international law enforcement partners to identify, locate and deport non-citizens who are wanted in their home countries for allegedly committing crimes,” Garrett Ripa, acting field office director for ERO Miami, said in the release. “ICE prioritizes the arrest and removal of noncitizen fugitives. As a result, our communities are safer and more secure.”
Between 1999 and 2002, Fuentes Baltazar was voluntarily returned to Mexico four times by U.S. Border Patrol, the release said. ERO, the ICE Attaché office and the Mexican National Police coordinated the transfer of Fuentes Baltazar from the U.S. to Mexico.
"Fuentes Baltazar had been a fugitive from Mexican authorities since Oct. 19, 2016," the release said. "On July 13 an immigration judge in Orlando ordered Fuentes Baltazar’s removal from the United States."
