U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Boston apprehended an illegally present, 27-year-old Guatemalan national convicted in Massachusetts of three counts of assault and battery on a family member, intimidation, and violation of the Abuse Prevention Act.
Officers with ICE Boston arrested Wilber Chinic-Villagran on January 26 in Framingham, Massachusetts.
U.S. Border Patrol arrested Chinic on July 28, 2020, after he illegally entered the United States near Laredo, Texas. USBP voluntarily returned Chinic to Mexico.
Chinic illegally re-entered the United States on an unknown date, at an unknown location, and without being inspected, admitted or paroled by a U.S. immigration official.
On February 7, 2023, ICE lodged an immigration detainer and a warrant for arrest against Chinic with the Middlesex County House of Corrections in Billerica, Massachusetts, following his arrest by local authorities.
However, on February 28, 2023, the MCHOC informed ICE that Framingham District Court released Chinic without honouring the detainer.
ICE lodged another immigration detainer against Chinic on September 22, 2024, with the MCHOC following another apprehension by local authorities.
The Framingham District Court convicted Chinic on October 23, 2024, for two counts of assault and battery on a family/household member, intimidation, and violation of the Abuse Prevention Act. The Court sentenced Chinic to 18 months in prison. The court suspended all but four months of that sentence.
The Framingham District Court convicted Chinic on December 24, 2024, for an additional count of assault and battery on a family/household member.
The court sentenced Chinic to 18 months in prison. The court suspended all but 90 days of that sentence. Later that day, the MCHOC informed ICE that Framingham District Court released Chinic without honouring their immigration detainer.
Chinic remains in ICE custody.
