U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested Jorge Martinez Duenas, a 44-year-old illegal alien from Honduras, charged with multiple crimes related to child endangerment and abuse, on March 3.
Officers from ICE Boston’s Hartford field office encountered Martinez following his arrest by the Wethersfield Police Department in February 2008.
ICE officers served Martinez with a notice to appear before a Justice Department immigration judge.
On February 20, 2008, the DOJ immigration judge ordered Martinez removed from the United States. ICE Boston removed Martinez from the United States to Honduras on March 28, 2008.
On April 23, 2008, the Connecticut Superior Court in New Britain declined to prosecute any of the charges.
U.S. Border Patrol arrested Martinez on September 5, 2008, after he illegally re-entered the United States, and on September 13, 2008, ICE again removed Martinez from the United States to Honduras.
Martinez illegally reentered the country sometime between then and September 12, 2024, when the Connecticut State Police arrested and charged him with risk of injury to a child, intent to commit cruelty on a child under the age of 19, and unlawful restraint in the first degree.
All the charges are currently pending with the Connecticut Superior Court in New Britain.
The police released Martinez from custody before ICE could lodge an immigration detainer against him.
Officers with ICE Boston’s Hartford field office arrested Martinez on March 3 while he was at large in the community. He remains in ICE custody.
