ICE arrests 3 illegal immigrants in Mass.: 2 charged with child rape, 1 convicted of same crime in Brazil
US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Boston announced on Wednesday the arrests of two illegal immigrants who have been charged with forcibly raping children in Massachusetts, as well as a third individual who was convicted of raping a child in Brazil, and was hiding in the US after being caught and released at the US border in 2022.The arrests come after Massachusetts Gov.Maura Healey said her state would not cooperate with President-elect Trump’s federal immigration enforcement efforts once he returns to the Oval Office in January.ICE said one of the suspects, an illegal immigrant from Guatemala, was arrested for forcible rape of a child, but was released in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, by authorities, who ignored a detainer request made by the federal agency to hold or transfer him to federal custody.The suspect, 21-year-old Mynor Stiven De Paz-Munoz, entered the US on Sept.
24, 2020, near Eagle Pass, Texas, and was released by US Border Patrol with a notice to appear before a Department of Justice (DOJ) Executive Office of Immigration Review Judge.He was later arrested in western Massachusetts by Great Barrington police on Feb.29, 2024, for rape of a child by force, rape of a child, and indecent assault and battery on a person 14 or older.Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston lodged a detainer with the police department, but it was ignored, and De Paz-Munoz was released on bail before ERO Boston officers could take him into custody.He has since been charged by the Berkshire County Superior Court with the crimes, which are still pending, and he remains in custody.“Mynor Stiven De Paz-Munoz stands accused of horrifically victimizing a Massachusetts child and represents a significant threat to our neighborhoods,” acting ERO Boston Field Office Director Patricia H.
Hyde said.“We owe it to the children of our New England communities to prioritize public safety above everything else.”The secon...