U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement apprehended an illegally present Guatemalan national charged in Brockton, Massachusetts, with five counts of assault with a dangerous weapon, three counts of kidnapping, intimidation and armed home invasion when officers arrested Edilio Agustin-Orellana in Providence on January 27.
The U.S. Border Patrol arrested Agustin after he illegally entered the United States on January 25, 2002, near Brownsville, Texas, and transferred custody to Immigration and Naturalization Services at the Port Isabel Detention Center in Los Fresnos, Texas.
INS released Agustin on bond two weeks later.
A Department of Justice immigration judge in Harlingen, Texas, ordered Agustin removed from the United States to Guatemala on September 23, 2002.
The 6th Division District Court in Providence, Rhode Island, convicted Agustin on October 13, 2004, of eluding police, resisting arrest, and driving with a suspended licence.
The court sentenced him to one year of probation and court costs.
ICE encountered Agustin on November 13, 2006, following a subsequent arrest in Providence and lodged an immigration detainer against Agustin with the Rhode Island Department of Corrections
ICE arrested Agustin on November 15, 2006, at the Rhode Island Adult Correctional Institute in Cranston and removed him from the U.S. to Guatemala on December 30, 2006.
Border Patrol agents arrested Agustin after he illegally reentered the U.S. on February 7, 2007, near Ocotillo, California, and issued him a notice of intent/decision to reinstate a prior removal order.
ICE removed Agustin from the U.S. to Guatemala on February 8, 2008.
Agustin illegally reentered the U.S. on August 4, 2019, near Del Rio, Texas, and ICE lodged an immigration detainer against Agustin with Brockton District Court on February 20, 2024, following his arrest for armed home invasion.
The Brockton District Court refused to honour the ICE detainer and released Agustin from custody.
The Plymouth Superior Court in Brockton, Massachusetts, arraigned Agustin on June 24, 2024, for five counts of assault with a dangerous weapon, three counts of kidnapping, intimidation and armed home invasion.
ICE arrested Agustin, who was at large in Providence, on January 27. He remains in ICE custody.
