As part of their ongoing efforts to crackdown on illegal immigration in the Bay State, Immigration and Customs Enforcement say they have apprehended a pair of men already convicted of serious crimes and previously deported from the U.S.
ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston office says they’ve apprehended Dairo Mejia, a Colombian national, and Alexander Luis Vides-Reyes, a Honduran man they say is a member of MS-13, and that both were found living unlawfully in the U.S. after past removal proceedings.
Both men were also previously been convicted for more than one criminal act, according to ICE.
“Mejia’s criminal history includes convictions for conspiracy to distribute heroin and RMV forgery in Boston, MA. Mejia has been previously removed from the U.S. and remains in ICE cust