ICE Florida Jobsite Arrests Show Past Deportations and Charges

Six individuals arrested throughout a Tallahassee, Fla., development website enforcement motion in late Could have been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly reentering the U.S. illegally. 

Whereas greater than 100 have been arrested on the website, John “Jack” Heek, U.S. Lawyer for the Northern District of Florida, mentioned the arrests made that day are being additional investigated by the the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement unit of the Dept of Homeland Safety, in addition to by different federal and state businesses.

The penalty for illegally reentering the U.S. after deportation is a most of two years in jail and a $250,000 nice.

The boys indicted have been: Bernardo Chavez-Chavez, 46; Candido Hurtado-Solano, 39; Juan Hurtado-Solano, 43; and Juan Gomez Perez, all of Mexico; Luis Armando Funez-Gomez, 48, of Honduras; and Juan Carlos Hernandez Vallejos, 42, of Nicaragua. All had been beforehand deported between 1997 and 2022, mentioned the U.S. Lawyer’s workplace, including that some had felony histories separate from deportation orders, together with aggravated assault with a weapon, driving underneath the affect, fleeing and eluding and failures to look in court docket relationship to 1997.

The immigration enforcement motion on the Gaines Road development website stays sealed, however contractor Hedrick Brothers and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis mentioned in public statements {that a} undertaking subcontractor was initially being investigated. The contractor mentioned it had no prior consciousness that the Could raid would occur.