U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) shared updates on three separate criminal cases via its official Twitter account on March 28, 2026. The agency provided details about recent law enforcement actions involving both U.S. citizens and foreign nationals.
In a post published at 00:31 UTC, ICE reported: "DETAINER ISSUED FOR ALIEN CHARGED WITH ARSON
Law enforcement in Forsyth County, NC, arrested Abel Vasquez Alvarez, of Mexico, on two counts of arson. He is accused of setting two unoccupied homes on the same street on fire.
ICE issued a detainer against him to prevent him from https://t.co/myPX3XxVam".
Later that morning at 03:00 UTC, ICE highlighted the outcome of an investigation by its Seattle office: "ICE @EROSEATTLE PROBE LEADS TO 35-YEAR SENTENCE FOR CHILD RAPIST WHO PRODUCED CHILD SEX ABUSE MATERIAL
Billy Gene Pinson, a U.S. citizen of Moses Lake, WA, who was convicted on two counts of CHILD RAPE in 1994 and one count of communicating with a child for immoral purposes in https://t.co/tAHd3udias".
At 13:05 UTC the same day, ICE posted information regarding an ongoing search for a suspect outside the United States: "CHILD PREDATOR WANTED
Antonio Feliciano Guaman-Paredes is a citizen of Ecuador.
He’s wanted for secretly filming an underage girl on multiple occasions and keeping the explicit videos of her on his device.
He was last seen in Loja, Ecuador. https://t.co/5cFzGYxtF4".
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is responsible for enforcing federal laws governing border control, customs, trade and immigration to promote homeland security and public safety.
The issuance of detainers by ICE is part of its process to request local law enforcement agencies to notify federal authorities before releasing non-citizens who have been arrested for crimes so they can be taken into immigration custody upon release from local detention facilities.
Child exploitation investigations are a significant part of ICE's mission through Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), which often coordinates with domestic and international partners to identify suspects and protect victims.
