On Thursday, a Mexican citizen living in Peachtree City and wanted for murder in his homeland was turned over to Mexican authorities by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO).
Alfredo Montalvo-Coreno, 32, was arrested by the Tyrone Police Department after being stopped for Driving Without A License and Speeding. After his fingerprints were submitted to ICE under the Secure Communities program, officers discoverd that Montalvo-Coreno was the subject of an Interpol warrant for a homicide committed in the Mexican state of Guanajuato in 2002.
ERO took custody of Montalvo-Coreno on June 7 and detained him at the Stewart Detention Center. He was flown to Texas on Thursday and turned over to officals from the Mexican Office of the General Attorney at the Laredo, Texas port of entry.
"ICE works closely with our international law enforcement partners to identify, locate and deport aliens who are wanted in their home countries for allegedly committing heinous crimes," said Felicia Skinner, field office director of ERO Atlanta. "We will not allow criminal aliens to use the United States as a safe haven from their crimes." Skinner oversees ERO activities in Georgia and the Carolinas.
Since October 1, 2009, ERO has removed more than 455 foreign fugitives from the United States who were being sought in their native countries for serious crimes, including kidnapping, rape and murder. ERO works with ICE’s office of International Affairs, foreign consular office in the United States and Interpol to identify foreign fugitives illegally present in the country. |
