U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested an illegally present, 20-year-old Salvadoran national who has been previously deported four times.
Officers with ICE Baltimore arrested Moises Alberto Figueroa-Bonilla on May 27 in Frederick. Figueroa is a validated member of MS-13.
Figueroa most recently entered the U.S. on an unknown date at an unknown location without being inspected, admitted or paroled by an immigration official.
The Prince George’s County Police Department arrested and charged Figueroa with marijuana possession on July 28, 2011.
He failed to appear in court. The Frederick City Police Department later arrested and charged Figueroa with possession of paraphernalia on November 6, 2011.
On November 7, 2011, ICE lodged an immigration detainer on Figueroa with the Frederick County Detention Centre. The Frederick County Detention Centre transferred Figueroa to ICE custody on November 8, 2011, and he was placed into immigration proceedings.
A Department of Justice immigration judge ordered Figueroa removed to El Salvador on November 30, 2011, and he was removed on January 27, 2012.
The U.S. Border Patrol later arrested Figueroa three times between November 2015 and February 2019.
He was served notices of intent to reinstate a prior order of removal each time and was removed from the U.S. to El Salvador on three occasions: May 20, 2016, December 28, 2018, and April 12, 2019.
Figueroa then reentered the U.S. for a fifth time on an unknown date at an unknown location without being inspected, admitted or paroled by an immigration official.
On May 27, ICE Baltimore arrested Figueroa at his residence in Frederick. He will remain in ICE custody.
