Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston deportation officers recently arrested and removed to Ecuador an unlawfully present Ecuadoran citizen guilty of causing a "gruesome" fatal traffic accident more than a decade ago.
“ERO Boston is proud to help bring some measure of justice to the family of the victim in this case that ignited so much public outrage at the heinous nature of the crimes (Nicolas Dutan) Guaman was convicted of,” Todd Lyons, ERO Boston’s field office director, said in a March 31 press release.
A Massachusetts state court in 2014 found Guaman, 46, guilty of several felonies in the "gruesome killing" of a 23-year-old motorcyclist in 2011, the release reports. Evidence presented at trial showed that Guaman, who was in the country illegally, was intoxicated when he ran a stop sign in Milford, Mass., struck the motorcycle and dragged its operator more than a quarter-mile, killing him.
The conviction for motor-vehicle homicide was later set aside by a state appellate court, the release reports, but Guzman served time in state prison on all other convictions. Guaman was detained by ERO Boston after being released from the custody of the Massachusetts Department of Corrections on March 30. On March 31, he was deported to Ecuador.
ERO Boston encoutered Guaman in October 2011 when he was incarcerated at the Worcester County House of Detention on allegations of manslaughter by motor vehicle, motor vehicle homicide while operating under the influence of alcohol, and other counts, the release reports. ERO Boston then requested an immigration detainer for Guaman, pending resolution of the charges. Guaman was found guilty and sentenced to state prison in 2014.
Guaman received a summons from ERO Boston in March 2020 to appear before an immigration judge for immigration infractions; in November 2021, Guaman received a final order of removal from the country from a federal immigration court working for the Executive Office for Immigration Review of the Justice Department, the release reports. Guaman was sent back to Ecuador at the end of last month.
ERO detained 46,396 noncitizens with criminal backgrounds for the fiscal year 2022. 198,498 charges and convictions were associated with this group, including 21,531 assault offenses, 8,164 sex and sexual assault offenses, 5,554 weapon offenses, 1,501 homicide-related offenses, and 1,114 kidnapping offenses. Six New England states, including Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine, are serviced by the ERO Boston field office.
“No matter how long it takes," Lyons said in the release, "rest assured that ERO Boston will carry out our mission to remove any unlawfully present individuals who pose a danger and threat to the safety and security of our communities.”
