U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s removed a 29-year-old illegal Brazilian fugitive wanted by authorities to serve more than five years in prison for an armed robbery conviction in his native country.
Officers with ICE Boston removed Juliano Araujo Dos Santos Silva from the United States to Brazil on March 27 and turned him over to Brazilian authorities.
A Brazilian criminal court convicted Araujo of armed robbery with a firearm on October 2, 2017, and sentenced him to five years and four months in prison.
U.S. Border Patrol arrested Araujo on July 3, 2019, after he illegally entered the United States near El Paso, Texas. USBP issued Araujo a notice to appear before a Department of Justice immigration judge.
On September 12, 2024, Brazilian authorities issued a warrant for Araujo’s arrest or failure to serve a sentence after conviction.
Officers with ICE Boston located and arrested Araujo in Woonsocket on January 13, 2025.
On February 18, a DOJ immigration judge ordered Araujo removed from the United States to Brazil. Officers with ICE Boston effectuated the removal on March 27 and turned Araujo over to Brazilian authorities.
