Soon after Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey declared that her state would not cooperate with any mass deportation of illegal migrants, ICE announced the arrest of three men who allegedly raped children.
The Democrat governor put law-breaking migrants ahead of the safety of her own constituents when she dismissed plans by President-elect Donald Trump to deport individuals in the country illegally. On Wednesday, U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Boston announced that they arrested two illegal immigrants charged with forcibly raping children in Massachusetts. A third migrant was arrested who committed the same crime in Brazil but had been hiding in the U.S. since 2022 when he was caught and released at the border.
One suspect, 21-year-old Mynor Stiven De Paz-Munoz, an illegal immigrant from Guatemala, was arrested earlier this year for rape of a child by force, rape of a child, and indecent assault and battery on person 14 or older. However, the Great Barrington Police Department ignored a detainer request made by ICE and he was released on bail, according to a news release.
@EROBoston arrests Guatemalan national charged with rape of a child by force.
Link: https://t.co/pwaFbXM09Q pic.twitter.com/dX23ZGAIHm— ERO Boston (@EROBoston) November 20, 2024
De Paz-Munoz entered the U.S. in 2020, near Eagle Pass, Texas, and U.S. Border Patrol released him with a notice to appear before a Department of Justice Executive Office of Immigration Review judge.
“Mynor Stiven De Paz-Munoz stands accused of horrifically victimizing a Massachusetts child and represents a significant threat to our neighborhoods,” said acting ERO Boston Field Office Director Patricia H. Hyde. “We owe it to the children of our New England communities to prioritize public safety above everything else.”
Also in Massachusetts, ERO Boston arrested 42-year-old Colombian, Billy Erney Buitrago-Bustos, for rape of a child by force, statutory rape, and aggravated rape against a minor. ERO Boston lodged an immigration detainer after he was arrested by Great Barrington police in October 2023. He was arraigned in the Southern Berkshire District Court and held without bail and the charges were later elevated to the Berkshire County Superior Court.
“The Berkshire County Jail and House of Correction in Pittsfield honored the immigration detainer and released Buitrago-Bustos into the custody of ERO Boston Nov. 15 after he posted bail. ERO Boston issued Buitrago-Bustos a notice to appear before a Department of Justice Executive Office of Immigration Review judge. Buitrago-Bustos remains in ERO custody,” ICE said in a news release.
“Billy Erney Buitrago-Bustos stands accused of the most heinous and reprehensible of crimes,” Hyde of ERO Boston said in a statement. “We thank our law enforcement partners at the Berkshire County Jail and House of Correction for prioritizing public safety and protecting children in the communities they were appointed to serve. ERO Boston stands committed to arresting and removing egregious noncitizen threats from the community.”
Romao De Oliveira, a third suspect arrested in Massachusetts, fled Brazil after being convicted in the First Criminal Court of Jaru, Rondônia, for raping a child. The 41-year-old was convicted in February 2022 and entered the U.S. illegally near Santa Teresa, New Mexico, in April of the same year.
He was served a notice to appear before a DOJ immigration review judge and released from custody. He had been hiding out on U.S. soil before ICE arrested him on Monday in the northern Massachusetts city of Methuen.
“Alexandre Romao De Oliveira is a convicted child rapist who fled his home country to evade justice,” Hyde said in a statement. “Enhancing public safety starts with cooperation between law enforcement partners. Bringing this fugitive to justice is a direct result of the collaboration between ERO Boston, the ICE attaché offices around the globe, and our foreign law enforcement counterparts.”
These Massachusetts-area arrests are just those reported in November.
In October, ERO Boston arrested 36-year-old Andre Tiago Lucas, a Brazilian fugitive wanted for the rape of a 13-year-old child in his native country.
Literally down the street. “Settled” in from Brazil. This state sucks. https://t.co/mUnnb0iKWr
— Mark (@SubbedMark1980) November 20, 2024
Mateo Hincapie Cardona, 28, a Colombian citizen unlawfully present in the US, was also arrested last month on charges of enticing a child under 16, distribution of obscene matter, and lascivious posing and exhibiting a child in the nude.
“Local jurisdiction refused to honor immigration detainer and released noncitizen back into the community,” the news release read.
@EROBoston arrests Colombian citizen charged with sex crimes against a child
Link: https://t.co/jqxtXqcEAV pic.twitter.com/vDNyTIgRIj— ERO Boston (@EROBoston) November 14, 2024
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