Sunday, December 9, 2007
Illegal aliens arrested in raid
Feds nab 15 in Milford
By Aaron Nicodemus TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF

MILFORD, MA— Fifteen Ecuadorian immigrants, including the owner of a local contracting company, were arrested Friday in an early morning raid.

Daniel Tacuri, owner of Same Day Roofing and Construction, will face charges of hiring illegal immigrants in U.S. District Court tomorrow. The other 14 people arrested in the raid, 12 men and two women, will face charges of being in the country illegally, according to Paula Grenier, spokesman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Antonio Tacuri, brother of Daniel Tacuri, spoke Spanish and was interviewed through an interpreter. He said eight to 10 ICE agents, with guns drawn, broke through the door of the three-family apartment building at 21 Jefferson St. about 5 a.m. Friday.

“They came through and shined flashlights in people’s faces. They went into each room, they told everyone to lie down on the floor, they say not to move,â€