Kristi Noem, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security | official website
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has reported the arrest of several individuals described as serious criminal offenders by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on August 8, 2025. According to DHS, those arrested include individuals with convictions for attempted murder, manslaughter, aggravated sexual assault of a minor, and other violent crimes.
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem stated: “Our brave ICE law enforcement are now facing a 1000% increase in assaults against them as they risk their lives to arrest the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens. These acts of violence are fueled by sanctuary politicians' rhetoric vilifying our law enforcement,” said Secretary Kristi Noem. “We will not and have not let this violence stop us or slow us down. Everyday our law enforcement continues to enforce the law and arrest the most depraved criminals including pedophiles, terrorists, murderers, gang members, and sexual predators. JOIN.ICE.GOV.”
Among those apprehended was Albert Newton, a 50-year-old from Jamaica with an attempted murder conviction in Queens, New York; Milton Xavier Carchipulla-Yanzaguano, age 42 from Ecuador with a conviction related to leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death also in Queens; Gilberto Zapapta-Ortiz, age 61 from Mexico convicted of manslaughter in McLennan County, Texas; Francisco Azono-Benitez, age 34 from Mexico convicted for aggravated sexual assault of a minor in Camden, New Jersey; and Brayan Gonzalez, age 22 from Mexico convicted for assault causing bodily injury in Post, Texas.
According to DHS officials there has been a significant rise—reported at one thousand percent—in assaults on ICE officers during these types of operations as they remove individuals who have been convicted of serious crimes.
