On Wednesday, two illegal immigrants are facing child murder charges in Massachusetts and one unlawful immigrant has been found guilty of child murder in Brazil after emigrating to the United States in 2022.
According to a Wednesday press release, 21-year-old Mynor Stiven De Paz-Munoz, an illegal immigrant from Guatemala, was arrested on charges of forced child rape, nevertheless, he was released in Massachusetts by law enforcement officials who ignored an ICE detainer demand.
De Paz-Munoz was detained by Great Barrington police in February of 2024 after entering the country without authorization in September of that year for child murder, child rape, cell, and indecent assault on a person over the age of 14; according to ICE, he was arrested in September of that year.
The acting director of ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston Field Office, Patricia H. Hyde, said,” Mynor Stiven De Paz-Munoz is accused of terribly abducting a Massachusetts child and poses a serious threat to our suburbs.” Prioritizing public health over everything else is a duty we have on our New England populations, according to the statement.
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In another press release, ICE announced that 42-year-old Billy Erney Buitrago-Bustos, an illegal immigrant from Colombia, was arrested by Great Barrington police in October on charges of raping a child by force, aggravated rape against a minor, and statutory rape. U.S. Customs and Border Protection at the John F. Kennedy International Airport initially admitted Buitrago-Gusto to the country, but ICE claimed the suspect “failed to depart under the terms of his visa.”
Highlighting the accusations against Buitrago-Bustos, Hyde said,” Billy Erney Buitrago-Bustos stands accused of the most heinous and reprehensible of crimes”.
ICE also announced on Wednesday that 41-year-old Alexandre Romao De Oliveira, who was convicted of child rape in Brazil, was arrested by ICE Boston on Monday in Methuen, Massachusetts. De Oliveira was found guilty of child rape in Brazil in February 2022 and given a 14-year prison sentence, but he fled and entered the country without authorization in April 2022.
De Oliveira had been detained on Monday and had been given a notice to appear in court before an immigration review judge.
Commenting on the illegal immigrant’s recent arrest, Hyde said,” Alexandre Romao De Oliveira is a convicted child rapist who fled his home country to evade justice”.
