π¨ OPERATION PATRIOT β MASSACHUSETTS π¨
Homeland Security calls it one of the largest immigration-enforcement blitzes ever: ~1,500 criminal aliens taken off Bay-State streets.
Top arrests π
1οΈβ£ 55 y/o Salvadoran β INTERPOL Red Notice for homicide, robbery & kidnap β grabbed in Lynn
2οΈβ£ 48 y/o Salvadoran β charged: aggravated child-r*pe & indecent assault (<14)
3οΈβ£ 40 y/o Guatemalan β accused: hammer assault, strangulation, threats, domestic A&B
4οΈβ£ 39 y/o Honduran β convictions: obscene material to a minor, child enticement, larceny vs. elderly
5οΈβ£ 37 y/o Honduran β charged: r*pe, lewd conduct for fee, kidnapping a minor, multiple DUIs
6οΈβ£ 32 y/o Guatemalan β registered SO; facing s*x-trafficking & child-r*pe counts (10-yr age gap)
7οΈβ£ 29 y/o Brazilian β charged: aggravated child-r*pe, child-porn possession & kidnapping (Edgartown)
8οΈβ£ 22 y/o Colombian β charged: felony B&E, kidnapping, aggravated r*pe (>14) β released once, re-arrested
9οΈβ£ Ecuadoran national β 2018 conviction for soliciting murder; busted again in Brockton
And many more.
π ICE says several were freed by sanctuary-style courts despite detainers β agents had to hunt them down.
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DHS: βMassachusetts is safer today.β More sweeps promised.