Illegal aliens jailed

Twelve illegal immigrants were housed at the Sangamon County Jail overnight after an immigration enforcement operation in Macon and Champaign counties Wednesday.

The operation was conducted by agents of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the U.S. Marshal’s Service. ICE spokeswoman Gail Montenegro said agents were looking for specific individuals with criminal histories and convictions.

Ten of those taken into custody were Mexican nationals, one was a Peruvian, and one was from the Congo. Their convictions included such offenses as theft, burglary and aggravated DUI.

Those arrested were: Sergio Navarrete-Soto, Lorenzo Martinez-Estudillo, Ciro Uribe-Cuevas, Michael Kalenga-Mfunyi, Fortino Bravo-Montano, Aaron Amaxal-Palacios, Pedro Hernandez-Hernandez, Fernando Delgado-Cruz, Jose Roldan-Godina, Juan Paredes-Otoya, Edmundo Alvarado-Manriquez and Jorge Mendez-Hernandez.

All will be put into deportation proceedings, Montenegro said.

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