Immigration and Customs Enforcement Philadelphia removed Jonathan Stanley Garcia Vasquez, a citizen of El Salvador, with a final order of removal to El Salvador on February 14.
Garcia is a foreign fugitive wanted by law enforcement authorities in El Salvador for aggravated homicide and terrorist organisation.
The U.S. Border Patrol arrested Garcia near Hidalgo, Texas, for entering the United States without inspection or parole by an immigration official on June 9, 2016. The same day, USBP served him a notice and order of expedited removal, charging inadmissibility.
On January 27, 2017, an immigration judge with the Justice Department’s Executive Office for Immigration Review in El Paso, Texas, granted Garcia an immigration bond, and he was released on February 6, 2017.
Authorities in El Salvador issued an arrest warrant for Garcia for aggravated homicide and terrorist organisation on August 7, 2018.
An immigration judge with the Justice Department’s Executive Office for Immigration Review in El Paso, Texas, ordered Garcia removed from the United States to El Salvador in absentia on October 30, 2018.
ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Newark arrested Garcia in West New York, New Jersey, during a routine enforcement action and transferred him to ERO Philadelphia at the Moshannon Valley Processing Center in Philipsburg, Pennsylvania, for removal to El Salvador on December 20, 2024.
He remained in ICE custody throughout removal proceedings.
