Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston officers recently removed an unlawfully present Brazilian national wanted in his native country for using fraudulent documents.
Alberto Morales, 57, is wanted in Brazil for using fraudulent documents between October 2013 and January 2023, according to a March 13 news release. He was arrested in January 2023 for violating terms of his release.
“ERO Boston is committed to carrying out our mission, which includes the apprehension and removal of unlawfully present fugitives running from the law in their own country," ERO Boston Field Office Director Todd Lyons said in the release. "We continue to seek out and remove these criminal fugitives through the close cooperation of both our international and local law enforcement partners whose help is critical to these efforts. Because of the relentless, dedicated work of the ERO Boston officers, this foreign fugitive was located, arrested and has now been removed to face justice in Brazil.”
Morales was detained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection in May 2010 near Nogales, Ariz., after crossing the U.S. southern border, according to the release. He was removed from the country May 26, 2010.
Morales then crosses the U.S. northern border unlawfully and was apprehended in Chateaugay, N.Y., in October 2013. He was released with an order of supervision and was instructed to report to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement office, the release reported.
According to the news release, ERO arrested 46,396 noncitizens with criminal histories in 2022. These arrests included 198,498 associated charges and convictions, including 21,531 assault offenses; 8,164 sex and sexual assault offenses; 5,554 weapons offenses; 1,501 homicide-related offenses; and 1,114 kidnapping offenses.
ERO works to protect the country from public safety threats, including convicted criminal noncitizens and gang members, who violated U.S. immigration laws, the release reported. Those who illegally re-enter the country after being removed and immigration fugitives ordered removed by federal immigration judges are among the threats.
