The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in the United States stated that despite facing protests and opposition from politicians, law enforcement personnel are continuing their work in the Los Angeles area and have arrested dozens of illegal immigrants involved in serious crimes, including murder, pedophilia, fentanyl trafficking, sexual assault, and armed robbery.
Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security Tricia McLaughlin emphasized multiple times that ICE and federal partners are targeting illegal immigrants with criminal histories.
“During the Trump administration, 70% of arrested illegal immigrants weren’t just simple cases of entering our country illegally, they were individuals with prior convictions or facing criminal charges,” McLaughlin said in a recent statement on Thursday, June 26. “When ill-intentioned politicians attempt to diminish and disparage our brave law enforcement agencies, we will only intensify our efforts to combat the worst criminals.”
The following are some of the “worst of the worst” illegal immigrant criminals arrested by the Department of Homeland Security in Los Angeles:
– Jesus Zamora-Lopez, an illegal immigrant from Mexico and member of the MS-13 gang, was sentenced to three years in prison for using a deadly weapon in an attack, along with aiding juvenile crimes and petty theft. He was ordered to be deported by an immigration judge in 1997 and has illegally re-entered the United States at least twice. He is currently detained pending deportation.
– Juan Diego Euan, an illegal immigrant from Mexico and a registered sex offender, was convicted of sexually assaulting minors under the age of 16. He is currently detained pending deportation.
– Mexican illegal immigrant Cesar Zetina-Michua was convicted of attempted murder after illegally entering the United States. He is currently detained pending deportation.
– Daniel Ofarril, an illegal immigrant from Cuba, violated a deportation order issued by an immigration judge in 2004 and has remained in the United States for decades. He has been arrested for murder, burglary, armed robbery, assault, DUI, drug transportation, and trafficking, and was convicted for possession and intent to distribute crack cocaine. He is currently detained pending deportation.
– Hung Nguyen, an illegal immigrant from Vietnam, was convicted of 22 crimes in the United States, including indecency and theft. In 2023, he was sentenced to two years in prison for causing bodily harm to a spouse/cohabitant. He is currently detained awaiting deportation.
– Oscar Juventino Ardon Landaverde, an illegal immigrant from El Salvador, has illegally re-entered the United States multiple times after being deported. He is also a known member of the foreign terror group MS-13 and is on the watchlist of the Terrorist Screening Dataset. He is currently detained pending deportation.
– Cielo Vivar-Ubaldo, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, has been convicted of engaging in sexual acts with minors, violating drug laws, and hit-and-run accidents. He has illegally entered the country at least four times and is currently detained pending deportation.
– In 2024, Angel Francisco Ortega-Rodriguez from Mexico was sentenced to 27 months in prison for fentanyl smuggling. He remains detained, awaiting deportation.
– Jacinto Roberto Mateo from Guatemala is a registered sex offender and a convicted violent criminal. In 2017, he was sentenced to three years in prison for committing lewd acts with minors. He is currently detained pending deportation.
– Illegal immigrant Cristian Vasco-Echeverry from Colombia has a history of drug trafficking and served over 10 years in a Colombian prison. He is currently detained pending deportation.
– Pedro Davalos Castellanos, an illegal immigrant from Mexico with a history of violence, has been convicted of domestic violence, robbery, burglary, and forgery. He is currently detained awaiting deportation.