U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement New York City arrested Jeremias Benites Vasquez, a 39-year-old citizen of El Salvador, during a targeted enforcement operation on May 14 in Brentwood, New York.
ICE officers and special agents apprehended Benites during a traffic stop and served him with a notice of intent/decision to reinstate prior order as an alien who illegally reentered the United States after a prior removal order.
U.S. Border Patrol agents encountered Benites near Mission, Texas, on August 20, 2009, and processed him as an expedited removal, charging him as inadmissible to the U.S. ICE removed him to El Salvador on September 10, 2009.
Benites reentered the United States at an unknown date and location without admission or parole by an immigration official.
On March 12, 2024, Benites was arrested for sexual assault, carnal abuse and lewd and lascivious acts with a minor.
He was convicted of sexual abuse and contact with a victim under 13, where the defendant was 21 or older, on March 20, 2025. Benites is in ICE custody pending removal to El Salvador.
