A Brazilian illegal migrant was arrested in Massachusetts by ICE officials after an alleged series of sex crimes.
Enforcement and Removal Actions (ERO) announced it Jackson Bento-Pinheiro was arrested in Wakefield, Massachusetts after entering the United States illegally
Authorities said the 35-year-old was charged with assault for rape, indecent assault and battery, and domestic assault and battery in Massachusetts.
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Deportation officers from ERO Boston arrested Jackson Bento-Pinheiro on August 13 in Wakefield, Massachusetts. (Fox News Source)
A law enforcement source confirmed to Fox News that despite having an active domestic violence warrant, the local bail commissioner allowed him to be released on bail.
ICE was on the scene taking care of him, the source said.
Migrants walk along the highway through Suchiate, in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, Sunday, July 21, 2024, during their journey north toward the U.S. border. ((AP Photo/Edgar H. Clemente))
The migrant’s encounters with the law began when he was caught near the border San Ysidro, California on July 2021.
The next day, border officials gave Bento a notice to appear before a Justice Department immigration judge and then released him back onto the street.
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Bento reported to ERO Boston on August 22, 2021, and he was removed from the Alternatives to Detention (ATD) program, which allows migrants to stay in the United States for their immigration procedures.
Fox News Digital has reached out to ICE for comment.