Mexican National Wanted For Rape Arrested In Malvern: ICE Philadelphia
A Mexican national wanted for rape was arrested in Malvern, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Enforcement and Removal Operations Philadelphia announced on Tuesday, July 30.
Silvestre Herrera-Vasquez, 48, was taken into custody on Monday, July 28, by ERO Philadelphia alongside Homeland Security Investigations Philadelphia, IRS Philadelphia, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Philadelphia, authorities said.
Herrera-Vasquez, who entered the United States at an unknown date and time, has a criminal history in Philadelphia. Police arrested him on May 15, 2011, u…
Child Sex Assault Charges Spark Re-Arrest Of Pottstown Out Under Sanctuary Policies By ICE
A man accused of sexually assaulting a child was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Pottstown days after Montgomery County officials released him under sanctuary policies, ICE announced on Tuesday, July 29.
Oscar Adalberto Penate, 56, a citizen of El Salvador, was taken into custody on Sunday, July 27, by ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations Philadelphia, Homeland Security Investigations Philadelphia, and IRS Philadelphia.
Penate had been arrested on Tuesday, July 22, by Pottstown Township Police and charged with multiple felonies, including involuntary deviate sexu…
Yonkers Mom Killed In NJ Turnpike Crash Came To U.S. Seeking Better Life
A Yonkers woman killed in a crash on the New Jersey Turnpike had come to the U.S. in search of a better life, her sister said.
Vanessa Diaz Pichardo, 37, died after her Hyundai left the road and overturned before slamming into a tractor-trailer in Fort Lee just after 2 a.m. Monday, July 28, New Jersey State Police said.
Her sister, Rosanna Diaz, has launched a GoFundMe campaign to help return Vanessa’s body to the Dominican Republic so she can be buried with family. As of Tuesday, July 29, the campaign had raised $4,500.
“I am Rosanna Diaz, sister of Vanessa Diaz,” she wrote. “It is very p…
ICE Arrests Child Rapist In Ossining After Prison Release, Feds Say
A Salvadoran national convicted of repeatedly raping children was taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement following his release from a New York prison, officials said.
Jacobo Argueta Fuentes, 33, was arrested by ICE’s Buffalo Enforcement and Removal Operations team on Tuesday, July 23, in Ossining, federal authorities said.
The 33-year-old, who entered the country illegally around 2011, had been convicted of more than a dozen sex crimes involving minors, including seven counts of rape, two counts of using a child in a sexual performance, four counts of sexual abuse, a…