U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have arrested Yobani Bonilla-Bonilla, a Honduran national wanted for homicide in his home country. Bonilla, 29, also known as Gilberto Perez-Alvarado, was apprehended on June 14 in Easton, Pennsylvania by the cooperative efforts of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Enforcement and Removal Operations Philadelphia, Homeland Security Investigations Allentown, and Drug Enforcement Administration Allentown, as reported by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Bonilla was previously arrested by the Wilson Borough Police Department in Wilson, Pennsylvania, for driving under the influence on September 13, 2024. According to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, he had also reentered the U.S. without admission or parole, though the time and place are unknown. The DUI charges are still pending.
Bonilla entered the U.S. illegally near Hidalgo, Texas, on June 9, 2015, and was deported to Honduras on June 15, 2015. On January 4, 2016, Honduran authorities issued an arrest warrant for him in connection to a homicide. He later reentered the U.S. and is now in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, facing charges for unlawful reentry and awaiting removal.
