US immigration agents arrest Brazilian man in Worcester wanted for murder



Craig S. Semon, Telegram & Gazette
Thu, December 29, 2022 at 3:57 PM EST









U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrest Jaconias Rosa Pereira in Worcester Wednesday. Pereira is a Brazilian criminal fugitive wanted for murder in Brazil.

BOSTON — Officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) from Boston arrested a Brazilian criminal fugitive Wednesday in Worcester wanted for murder in Brazil.

Jaconias Rosa Pereira, 50, a citizen Brazil, entered the United States on an unknown date and at an unknown location without being inspected by an immigration officer.

In August, ICE ERO Boston was notified that Rosa Pereira was the subject of an open arrest warrant requiring him to serve a 15-year sentence for a murder conviction brought by Brazilian law enforcement authorities.

ICE ERO Boston fugitive operations officers arrested Rosa Pereira without incident near a Worcester residence.

“Thanks to the work of our dedicated officers and the assistance of our Brazilian law enforcement partners, ERO Boston has taken this dangerous fugitive off the streets of the Commonwealth,” said ERO Boston Field Office Director Todd Lyons. “ICE remains committed to arresting and removing criminal fugitives like Rosa Pereira who pose a threat to the American public.”

Rosa Pereira is scheduled for a court hearing with an immigration judge with the Justice Department’s Executive Office for Immigration Review and will remain in ICE custody, pending immigration proceedings.

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