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(NewsNation) — Four migrants who have previously been convicted of crimes involving the exploitation of children have been arrested by Immigration
and Customs Enforcement officers in New Jersey this month as part of an
ongoing targeted enforcement operation, the agency announced.
ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations and Enforcement and Removal Operations-Newark units have arrested Gerson Jose Saenz Umana, 27, of
El Salvador; Javier Garcia Nicolasa, 42, of Mexico; Juan Villatoro
Valle, 45, of El Salvador; and Reyes Peralta-Salazar, 38, of Mexico.
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Garcia Nicolasa was convicted of endangering sexual conduct with a
child by a caretaker on Dec. 1, 2023, ICE said in a news release. He
was sentenced to three years in prison. Officials said he entered the
U.S. illegally at an unknown time and location.
Saenz Umana is a registered sex offender who officials said has a
sealed criminal history that involves the exploitation of a child.
Villatoro Valle was convicted of sexual assault involving a victim
under the age of 13 in 2019, as well as aggravated criminal sexual
assault and endangering with sexual conduct, ICE said. He was
sentenced to five years in prison.
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He reportedly entered the U.S. without inspection sometime before
2000 and was granted Temporary Protected Status in 2006, but his
application for permanent residency was denied in 2009.
Peralta-Salazar was arrested in 2023 and was later convicted of
criminal sexual conduct and endangering sexual conduct with a child,
and was sentenced to six months in jail, federal officials said.
The operation, dubbed Operation Apex Predator, is a Department of
Homeland Security Cyber Crimes Center Child Exploitation Investigations
Unit initiative aimed at proactively targeting convicted criminal sex
offenders in the United States.
All four migrants were required to be registered as sex offenders in
New Jersey and are now being held in ICE custody pending court hearings.
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/immigration/ice-new-jersey- migrants-exploiting-kids/
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