U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers arrested several individuals over the weekend who are described as having extensive criminal histories, including offenses such as drug trafficking, human smuggling, sexual assault, and child abuse. Among those detained was a person in California with 49 prior criminal arrests.
According to ICE, the arrests occurred nationwide and targeted individuals with a range of convictions. Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin stated, “Over the weekend ICE arrested drug traffickers, human traffickers, child predators, and sex offenders. One of the criminal illegal aliens was previously arrested 49 times,” she said. “Sanctuary politicians allowed this serial criminal to terrorize American citizens. President Trump and Secretary Noem unleashed ICE to arrest the worst of the worst and get these criminal illegal aliens OUT of our country.”
Those taken into custody include Miguel Barrera-Corona from Mexico, who has been convicted of burglary, vehicle theft, assault with a deadly weapon, DUI, carrying concealed weapons, shoplifting, vandalism, and other crimes. Other detainees include Carlos Guzman-Santiago from Mexico for second-degree forcible sex offense; Juan Carlos Jimenez from the Dominican Republic for third-degree sexual assault; Carlos Sipriano Moreno-Pineda from Honduras for inflicting corporal injury on a spouse or cohabitant; Benigno Carrillo-Hernandez from Honduras for conspiracy to transport illegal aliens; Glenda Molina-Sorto from El Salvador for child abuse and narcotics offenses; Mauricio Barrios-Satay from Guatemala for assault causing physical injury; Miguel Perez-Herrera from Mexico for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine; Jorge Carmona-Martinez from Mexico for unlawful contact with a minor; and Karen Hernandez-Medrano from Mexico for alien smuggling.
ICE indicated it will continue enforcing immigration laws to identify and remove individuals with serious criminal records in an effort to safeguard communities across the United States.
