Posted on 07/01/2026 8:25:40 PM PDT by nickcarraway
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) told 7News Reporter Nick Minock that ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Washington, D.C. officers arrested Jose Jairo Rivas-Santiago in June 2026.
ICE says 32-year-old Rivas-Santiago is a suspected MS-13 gang associate convicted of first-degree murder and armed robbery.
In April 2019, ICE said Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Richmond agents found and arrested Rivas-Santiago on charges of armed robbery and conspiracy related to an MS-13 gang murder.
ICE says HSI turned him over to the Richmond City Police Department for prosecution. In April 2021, ICE says a judge convicted him of murder and armed robbery, sentencing him to 30 years in prison.
“After Rivas-Santiago’s sentencing, ICE lodged an immigration detainer with the Coffeewood Correctional Center, where he was serving his sentence,” said acting ICE Director David J. Venturella. “The Virginia Department of Corrections honored our detainer and notified us of his release, and he’s now in ICE custody awaiting removal.”
ICE says in July 2011, U.S. Border Patrol apprehended Rivas-Santiago in Carrizo Springs, Texas, after he unlawfully entered the United States.
ICE says officials turned him over to juvenile detention authorities. By April 2019, he was living in the United States and was arrested in Richmond for serious violent crimes, according to ICE.
ERO processed Rivas-Santiago under a previously issued final order of removal, and he now awaits removal to Honduras, ICE told 7News.
Have the Dems called him a model citizen yet?............
Maybe Abigail will quote Pelosi and proclaim he’s a “spark of divinity’?
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