ERO Baltimore arrests Honduran national convicted of assaulting a Maryland resident

BALTIMORE - Enforcement and Removal Operations Baltimore apprehended an unlawfully present 26-year-old Honduran national convicted of assaulting a Maryland resident. Officers with ERO Baltimore arrested Evin Obdulio Ponce-Guillen Sept. 19 in Waldorf.

"Evin Obdulio Ponce-Guillen unlawfully entered the United States, made his way to Maryland, and then victimized one of the members of our community," said ERO Baltimore acting Field Office Director Nikita Baker. "We have a duty to protect the residents of our Maryland communities from such violent noncitizen reprobates. ERO Baltimore will continue to prioritize public safety by apprehending and removing egregious noncitizen offenders."

Ponce unlawfully entered the United States on an unknown date, at an unknown location and without being inspected, admitted or paroled by a U.S. immigration official.

The Charles County Police Department arrested Ponce Sept. 5, 2023, and charged him with assault second degree.

The Circuit Court for Charles County convicted Ponce of assault second degree April 5, 2024, and sentenced him to five years in prison. The court then suspended three and a half years of the prison sentence.

Officers from ERO Baltimore arrested Ponce Sept. 19, 2024, in Waldorf and served him with a notice to appear before a Department of Justice immigration judge. Ponce remains in ERO custody.

ERO conducts removals of individuals without a lawful basis to remain in the United States, including at the order of immigration judges with the Justice Department's Executive Office for Immigration Review. The Executive Office for Immigration Review is a separate entity from the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Immigration judges in these courts make decisions based on the merits of each individual case, determining if a noncitizen is subject to a final order of removal or eligible for certain forms of relief from removal.

Members of the public can report crimes or suspicious activity by dialing 866-DHS-2-ICE (866-347-2423) or completing the ICE online tip form.

As one of ICE's three operational directorates, ERO is the principal federal law enforcement authority in charge of domestic immigration enforcement. ERO's mission is to protect the homeland through the arrest and removal of those who undermine the safety of U.S. communities and the integrity of U.S. immigration laws, and its primary areas of focus are interior enforcement operations, management of the agency's detained and non-detained populations, and repatriation of noncitizens who have received final orders of removal. ERO's workforce consists of more than 7,700 law enforcement and non-law enforcement support personnel across 25 domestic field offices and 208 locations nationwide, 30 overseas postings, and multiple temporary duty travel assignments along the border.

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