ICE detainer issued for illegal immigrant charged with homicide in New York
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Federal agents have issued a warrant for an illegal immigrant accused of murder and robbery after he allegedly strangled a taxi driver to death in New York earlier this month, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced Saturday.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has filed a detainer for Santos Paulino Vasquez-Ramirez, an illegal immigrant from Guatemala accused of brutally murdering a taxi operator during a fare dispute in Brewster, New York, on December 1.
According to DHS, the body of victim Aurelio Zhunio-Orbez was found floating in a local reservoir on December 7.
“Santos Vasquez Ramirez should not have been in our country in the first place and should not have been presented with the opportunity to horrifically take the life of Aurelio Zhunio-Orbez,” DHS Deputy Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement. he said.
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Santos Paulino Vasquez-Ramirez was arrested on December 12 and charged with murder and robbery. (Putnam County Sheriff’s Office)
DHS said Santos Vasquez Ramirez entered the country illegally in 2013 and was later released into the country during the Obama administration.
An immigration judge granted him a final removal order in early 2016.
“Open border policies have deadly consequences,” McLaughlin said, adding that Santos Vasquez Ramirez would be transferred to federal custody. “ICE has filed a detention request with local authorities to ensure this criminal illegal alien is never allowed into American neighborhoods again.”
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Aurelio Zhunio-Orbez, 66, of Danbury, Conn., was found dead in the Croton Falls Reservoir on Dec. 7. (Department of Homeland Security)
McLaughlin added that “ICE is targeting the worst of the worst” under the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
In its year-end report released Friday, DHS said more than 2.5 million illegal immigrants have left the United States since President Donald Trump returned to office this year, leading to the “most secure border in American history.”
ICE has filed an arrest warrant for Santos Paulino Vasquez-Ramirez, an illegal immigrant from Guatemala accused of killing a taxi operator during a fare dispute in Brewster, New York, on December 1. (Christopher Dilts/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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An estimated 1.9 million immigrants have been self-deported and more than 622,000 have been forcibly deported since Trump took office on Jan. 20, according to DHS.
DHS did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
