U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested Rene Pop-Chub, 32, an illegal alien and Guatemalan citizen, on April 12 in Hyattsville, Maryland, after the Prince Georges County Department of Corrections failed to honour an ICE immigration detainer, releasing him back into the public.
Pop is pending charges for murder, second-degree assault, and reckless endangerment.
The U.S. Border Patrol arrested Pop June 13, 2013, in Falfurrias, Texas, and issued him an order of expedited removal.
Pop was removed from the United States to Guatemala on September 24, 2013.
The Border Patrol arrested Pop in Cowlic, Arizona, on December 11, 2017, after he illegally reentered the U.S. and issued him a notice of intent to reinstate a prior order of removal. ICE removed Pop from the U.S. to Guatemala on December 28, 2017.
Pop reentered the United States for a third time on an unknown date at an unknown location without being inspected, admitted, or paroled by an immigration officer. The Prince George’s County Police Department arrested Pop on August 19, 2024, and charged him with first-degree assault.
ICE Baltimore lodged an immigration detainer with the Prince George’s County Department of Corrections on October 9, 2024.
The District Court for Prince George’s County forwarded Pop’s case to the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County on October 31, 2024, for the offences of murder, first-degree assault, second-degree assault, and reckless endangerment.
The charges are currently pending.
The PGCDC declined to honour ICE’s immigration detainer and released Pop from custody on April 8. ICE Baltimore arrested Pop in Hyattsville on April 12 and issued him a notice of intent to reinstate a prior order of removal.
Pop has been transferred to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service.
