DHS Highlights Arrests of Five Criminal Illegal Aliens in South Carolina
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on October 21 highlighted five arrests of illegal aliens in South Carolina, involving criminal histories including arson, aggravated assault with a gun and criminal street gang activity. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said ICE officers are arresting and removing illegal aliens across the country every day, and that the department will always enforce the law.
The individuals are: Omar Roberto Martinez, a Honduran national and Orange County Street 13 gang member, arrested October 15, with convictions for arson, vandalism, explosion of a destructive device, criminal street gang activity and false identification to peace officers, plus arrests for firearm possession and methamphetamine distribution, having been deported in 2010 and 2024; Jose Manuel Munoz Ramos, a Mexican national, arrested October 14, convicted of aggravated assault with a gun and arrested for first-degree domestic violence, previously removed in 2002, 2015 and 2018; Marvin Jonathan Ignacio Lopez-Portuguez, a Guatemalan national, arrested October 17 for second-degree assault and battery, who entered through Arizona in August 2024 and was released into the country; Elias Izquiero Manuel, a Mexican national, arrested October 18, with arrests for felony pointing and presenting a firearm and threatening an official; and Enrique Balcazar-Arias, a Mexican national, arrested July 29, convicted in Columbia, South Carolina, of unlawful conduct involving documents in furtherance of slave trafficking.
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Photo: ICE 执法行动画面。图：Wikimedia Commons「Agents Seize Meth, Arrest 6 in Remote Area East of Lukeville (48471903872).jpg」，Public domain 授权。 / Photo: an ICE enforcement operation. Source: Wikimedia Commons ("Agents Seize Meth, Arrest 6 in Remote Area East of Lukeville (48471903872).jpg"), Public domain.
