The Trump administration is moving forward with the White House’s agenda of arresting and deporting criminal illegal immigrants in the United States, with significant arrests across the country this week.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested criminals from coast to coast this week who have convictions of crimes against children, drug distribution, assault, and suspected gang associations.
The arrests are part of the Trump administration’s goal of carrying out the “largest-ever” deportation operation in national history, which commenced on Jan. 20.
In Phoenix, ICE arrested and deported Mexican citizen Uriel Calvillo Espinoza. Espinoza was convicted of lewd and lascivious acts against a child victim.
Uriel Calvillo Espinoza
⚖️CONVICTED: Lewd/lascivious acts — child victim
✈️REMOVED BY: ICE @ERO__Phoenix
🌎CITIZENSHIP: Mexico💻Help for crime victims: https://t.co/GrI2MxAjwT pic.twitter.com/U6OeFHwFo1
— U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (@ICEgov) April 4, 2025
In Denver, officers took into custody Roberto Armando Lopez-Cabezas. The 36-year-old man is a suspected MS-13 gang member who is wanted for murder in his home country of El Salvador, per federal police.
ICE Denver arrested Roberto Armando Lopez-Cabezas, 36, a suspected MS-13 gang member who is wanted for homicide in his home country of El Salvador. He will remain in ICE custody pending removal proceedings. pic.twitter.com/dqg6Md1WvY
— ICE Denver (@ERODenver) April 1, 2025
Officers out of the Reno, Nevada, ICE office arrested and deported a 42-year-old Cambodian woman. Thy Loeuy was convicted of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and had been sentenced to 36 months in prison, according to ICE.
ICE Salt Lake City, Reno Sub-Office deported Thy Loeuy, 42, to Cambodia. She was convicted of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and sentenced to 36 months in prison.” pic.twitter.com/wPaVQKg9Xf
— ICE Salt Lake City (@EROSaltLakeCity) March 31, 2025
On the East Coast, ICE officers in New Jersey arrested a suspected MS-13 gang member from Honduras in Union City.
Jossel Armando Ortiz-Castellon was convicted of simple assault in New Jersey in 2019 and will now go through deportation proceedings to be deported to Honduras.
NEWARK, N.J. — Suspected MS-13 gang member with assault conviction awaits removal proceedings after his arrest by ICE officers.
Report gang and other suspected criminal activity to ICE:
📞866-DHS-2-ICE (1-866-2423)
💻 https://t.co/xTHfku1h3h https://t.co/sCZbYC8Fdr— U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (@ICEgov) April 2, 2025
Finally, in Texas, federal police arrested a Mexican illegal immigrant involved in a vehicle crash in 2014 that resulted in the death of a 13-year-old girl, according to an agency press release.
ICE officers out of its Dallas office nabbed 46-year-old Ramiro Guevara of Mexico, who was never charged for the minor’s death. He was ordered by an immigration judge in 2016 to be deported.
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An ICE Dallas official said he will face deportation now.
“The arrest and pending removal of this individual serves as a stark reminder that criminal aliens who threaten the public safety of our communities will be found and face justice for their actions,” ICE Homeland Security Investigations Dallas Special Agent in Charge Travis Pickard said in a statement.
DALLAS — ICE arrests Mexican criminal alien involved in 2014 vehicular homicide of 13-year-old girl: https://t.co/v70ItrVpVI
You can help keep your neighborhood safe. Report suspicious criminal activity to ICE:
📞866-DHS-2-ICE (1-866-2423)
💻 https://t.co/xTHfku1h3h pic.twitter.com/1jXJgDhPuI— U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (@ICEgov) April 2, 2025
