ICE enforcement effort targets foreign fugitives


Posted: Friday, June 24, 2016 3:29 pm

A man arrested in Burke this week was one of 45 foreign fugitives arrested throughout the country this week as part of an enforcement effort by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Enforcement and Removal Operations and the U.S. Marshals Service, ICE officials said in a news release Friday.

The arrests, part of an operation dubbed Project Red II, happened between June 21 and 23 and involved people with Interpol red notices, described by ICE officials as international wanted notices for people wanted for serious crimes in Interpol member countries.

Among those arrested in the operation was Emilio Eliseo Coreas Avelar, 23, who was arrested June 26 in Burke and was wanted on an Interpol red notice from El Salvador for aggravated homicide and gang participation.

The 45 people arrested during Project Red II were wanted for crimes in 22 countries in Europe, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East, ICE officials said in the news release. Sixteen of those arrested were wanted for fraud, seven for homicide, four for illegal gang activity, and the others for crimes including drug trafficking, rape, embezzlement, extortion and kidnapping, according to the news release.

“Identifying and arresting foreign fugitives is a global law enforcement priority and commands the full commitment of ICE resources,” Tom Homan, executive associate director of ICE’s enforcement and removal operations said in a statement. “It is our duty to the American people and our partner countries to ensure that these individuals are removed from the shadows of our communities and returned to their home countries to face justice for their criminal acts.”

Anyone with information about a foreign fugitive is asked to call the toll-free ICE tip line at 1-866-347-2423 or complete an https://www.ice.gov/webform/hsi-tip-form.

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