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An MS-13 killer, two Tren de Aragua gangsters, and a man charged with raping seven children — ICE Boston's March in review

Monday, March 30, 2026•
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An MS-13 killer, two Tren de Aragua gangsters, and a man charged with raping seven children — ICE Boston's March in review

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BOSTON — ICE Boston had quite the March. Thirty-two criminal undocumented immigrants swept off New England streets in a single month — murderers, child rapists, gang members, and fugitives. Most had been living here quietly, blending into communities that had no idea who was next door.
We've gone through the full arrest log so you don't have to. Here are this month's featured guests.

First up: the MS-13 hitman

Say hello to Danny Granados-Garcia,
He's been calling New England home since May 2016, when he slipped across the border from El Salvador and apparently decided New England was a fine place to settle down. For nearly a decade, it worked out for him.
Then ICE Boston showed up in Waterbury, Connecticut on March 10 and the run came to an end. Turns out El Salvador had been looking for him since February — arrest warrant for aggravated homicide and membership in a terrorist organization. The terrorist organization in question: MS-13.

Introducing the Tren de Aragua duo

No month-end roundup would be complete without a pair of Venezuelan gang members, and March did not disappoint.
Moises Alejandro Martinez-Gutierrez and Lestter Eduardo Guerrero-Oloyola — both card-carrying members of Tren de Aragua, the Venezuelan gang the State Department formally designated a foreign terrorist organization — were living in Augusta, Maine. ICE Boston arrested both on February 7 and announced the arrests publicly in March.
Both face theft and burglary charges. Martinez-Gutierrez got a bonus: he was handed off to the FBI on additional federal charges. Tren de Aragua has been quietly expanding its footprint across New England, and these two were apparently doing their part.

The man charged with raping seven children

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Froilan Vasquez-Velasquez — a Guatemalan national — was living in Ludlow, Massachusetts, a town of about 12,000 people in Hampden County.
On March 9, ICE agents knocked. His pending charges: seven counts of child rape, assault to rape a child under 16, and witness intimidation. ICE Boston described it simply: another dangerous criminal off the streets of New England.
Mass Daily News covered his case in full here.

The Brazilian fugitive with a murder warrant

Jean Pierre Neves made his American debut on June 10, 2021, entering the country illegally — right in the thick of what ICE called the Biden border crisis. He picked Framingham.
Brazil, meanwhile, had an open murder warrant with his name on it. ICE Boston tracked him down and arrested him on March 11 in Framingham. The warrant is now the least of his problems.

The Lowell resident with 15 arraignments

Sunil Kumar Sharma came from India and landed in Lowell. By the time ICE arrested him on March 9, he had racked up 15 adult arraignments in American courts — including a conviction for second-degree homicide. His latest charge: assault and battery on a household member.
Fifteen arraignments. One homicide conviction. Still here.

The nine-year fugitive

Walter Roberto Vides-Ortez walked into East Boston without inspection in June 2016. Five months later — November 8, 2016 — El Salvador issued a warrant for his arrest for the aggravated rape of a minor or incapacitated person.
He stayed anyway. For nine years. ICE Boston, working with ERO El Salvador's SAFE taskforce, finally caught up with him on March 10 in East Boston.
The arrest wasn't easy to pull off. Earlier that same month, anti-ICE activists in East Boston blew a separate operation before it could happen — tipping off a subject and keeping him on the streets for four more extra weeks. Mass Daily News covered the activists who make ICE's job harder here.

And the other 26

The six above are the headliners, but March's full cast runs deep. There's the convicted murderer from Cuba. The Brazilian charged with two counts of aggravated rape of a child in Marshfield. The Colombian facing cocaine trafficking charges picked up in Westwood. The Dominican Republic national arrested in Boston on fentanyl trafficking charges.
All of it is publicly posted, one arrest at a time. Follow @EROBoston on X to see every single one.
And if you want to know who's been spending your tax dollars fighting to keep them here — read our coverage of Mayor Wu's millions for illegal immigrant resources and the Massachusetts activist who posts ICE agents' locations online.

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