Thread: CA: 28 arrested in Summit immigration sweep

28 arrested in Summit immigration sweep

Bob Berwyn
Vail CO, Colorado
June 25, 2007

SUMMIT COUNTY — As part of an operation beginning June 20 that focused primarily on criminal immigrants, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency arrested 17 people in Summit County, as well as making five arrests in Carbon and Sweetwater counties in Wyoming.

The immigration sweep continued June 21 with 11 additional arrests in Summit County and five arrests in Moffat and Routt counties.

In all, 38 people were arrested; four females and 34 males, from Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and the Czech Republic.

Two Summit County individuals were named by federal authorities. Julio Garcia Zurita was arrested at his residence in Dillon. Zurita was under a voluntary deportation order and had been convicted of disorderly conduct and posession of contraband, according to a press release from ICE.

Daniel Antonio Chinchilla-Giron was also arrested after being ordered back to El Salvador by a federal immigration judge in 2004. Chinchilla-Giron was convicted on counts of second-degree felony burglary, domestic violence, and invading privacy/wiretapping, according to ICE. The agency is currently working with the Summit County District Attorney regarding sexual assault and false imprisonment charges against Chinchilla-Giron from earlier this month.

ICE spokesman Carl Rusnok said the recent enforcement action was part of a routine, ongoing crackdown on individuals who are under final deportation orders.
Officials with the Dillon Police Department and the Summit County Sheriff’s Office said that, as of June 21, they hadn’t received official word of any immigration enforcement actions in the county.

Summit County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Paulette Horr said the sheriff’s department was notified June 22.

“It sounds like they had a lot of their own people. I’m really surprised we didn’t hear anything before that,â€

They rounded up 61 in Florida. I will find that article and post it.