The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced the arrest of several individuals identified as criminal illegal aliens in Minnesota as part of Operation Metro Surge. The operation targeted people convicted of serious offenses, including murder, sexual crimes, and gang activity.
According to Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin, “Just yesterday, DHS law enforcement arrested murderers, sexual predators, and gang members in Minnesota. Our law enforcement officers are risking their lives to arrest these thugs — some RELEASED from Minnesota jails — and are saving countless American lives by getting these criminals out of our country. 70% of all ICE arrests nationwide are of illegal aliens charged or convicted of a crime in the U.S. Check out more of the worst of the worst we arrested in Minnesota at wow.dhs.gov/Minnesota.”
Among those apprehended were Kou Lo Vang and Youa Lee from Laos, both convicted of murder; Fong Khang from Laos with previous ties to the 617 gang and convictions for burglary and other offenses; Pedro Lagunas-Cruz from Mexico with multiple DUI convictions; Douangpraseuth Manivong from Laos convicted for criminal sexual conduct; Darwin Noe Rodriguez-Martinez from Honduras also convicted for criminal sexual conduct; Bounpama Vilailath from Laos convicted of first-degree assault; Mauricio Ernesto Baires from El Salvador with convictions for DUI and assault; Tung Huynh from Vietnam convicted for various assaults and property damage; and Fadi Alremawi from Jordan with convictions related to domestic assault.
For more details on these arrests, DHS has provided additional information at wow.dhs.gov/Minnesota.
