NEW: ICE Boston announces two more arrests in Massachusetts, including a Salvadoran MS-13 gang member who was protected by sanctuary policies in MA, & a Dominican illegal alien charged w/ child molestation-sexual assault in Rhode Island who was found & arrested by ICE in MA.
Case 1: Jose Luis Castro Jovel, a confirmed Salvadoran MS-13 gang member, was convicted of assault in Northampton, MA. ICE placed a detainer request on him with the Northampton District Court, but it was ignored and he was released into the community without notification to ICE. ICE found & arrested him on a public road in Northampton.
Case 2: Belardis Tapia Gonzalez, a Dominican illegal alien who entered the U.S. in July 2021, is charged with child molestation-sexual assault in Rhode Island. ICE Boston found & arrested him in Lynn, MA on Monday.
ICE statements on both arrests:
https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ero-boston-arrests-ms-13-member-convicted-assault-after-local-authorities-refuse-turn
https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ero-boston-arrests-dominican-national-accused-child-sexual-abuse
Case 1: Jose Luis Castro Jovel, a confirmed Salvadoran MS-13 gang member, was convicted of assault in Northampton, MA. ICE placed a detainer request on him with the Northampton District Court, but it was ignored and he was released into the community without notification to ICE. ICE found & arrested him on a public road in Northampton.
Case 2: Belardis Tapia Gonzalez, a Dominican illegal alien who entered the U.S. in July 2021, is charged with child molestation-sexual assault in Rhode Island. ICE Boston found & arrested him in Lynn, MA on Monday.
ICE statements on both arrests:
https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ero-boston-arrests-ms-13-member-convicted-assault-after-local-authorities-refuse-turn
https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ero-boston-arrests-dominican-national-accused-child-sexual-abuse