U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers from the Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) unit in El Paso recently facilitated the return of Miguel Sifuentes Jimenez, a 36-year-old Mexican national, to his home country, where he faces charges for possessing methamphetamine and firearms. Sifuentes was transferred to Mexican authorities last Thursday at the summit of the Stanton Street Bridge, marking the border between the United States and Mexico, Immigration and Customs Enforcement reported.
Documented to have last illegally entered the United States on May 3, 2021, Sifuentes was apprehended and processed for re-entry as a reinstated prior order of removal, facing potential prosecution. After time served, he was released by the Luna County Detention Center in Deming, New Mexico. His troubled past involves a 2013 removal from the U.S. after a series of criminal convictions, including felony robbery and aggravated battery.
ICE officers encountered Sifuentes at the Eddy County Detention Center in Carlsbad, New Mexico, on May 12, where he was incarcerated after a conviction on charges of aggravated battery against a household member with strangulation or suffocation. ERO lodged a detainer, and Sifuentes was arrested promptly upon release from jail. Charges swiftly followed on May 13, with Sifuentes facing alien inadmissibility and re-entry after removal, classified as an aggravated felony, according to officials.
