Illegal migrants arrested in Los Angeles in a series of ICE raids last week included convicted sex abusers, drug dealers and gang members, according to federal immigration authorities.
Nearly 45 people were busted Friday by Immigration and Customs Enforcement as officers swept through two Home Depot stores, a business in the fashion district and a doughnut shop, triggering riots over the weekend.
One of the migrants taken into custody has already been sent back to Mexico after being picked up at a Home Depot.
Another migrant, Rolando Veneracion-Enriquez, 55, of the Philippines has a lengthy rap sheet dating back years.
He was previously sentenced to four years in prison for burglary in Ontario, Canada, according to law enforcement sources.
Also on his rap sheet was sexual penetration with a foreign object with force and assault with intent to commit rape in Pomona east of LA, a crime for which he was sentenced to 37 years in prison.
Democratic LA Mayor Karen Bass has vehemently opposed the raids that rounded up the sex fiend and other criminals, claiming federal immigration agents used tactics that “sow terror in our communities and disrupt basic principles of safety in our city.”
Fellow Dem and California Gov. Gavin Newsom also blasted President Trump’s move to call up the National Guard to restore order during the rioting, saying it is “purposefully inflammatory and will only escalate tensions.”
Jose Gregorio Medranda Ortiz, 42, of Ecuador was among those nabbed Friday — and was previously imprisoned on drug offenses.
He was previously sentenced to more than 11 years in prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 5 kilograms or more of cocaine while he was on board a Tampa, Fla., vessel.
Other convicted criminals seized by ICE included Armando Ordaz, 44, of Mexico, an alleged member of the gang Bratz 13.
He was previously found guilty of sexual battery in Los Angeles, for which he was sentenced to 135 days in jail and five years probation.
Ordaz was also found guilty of receiving known or stolen property and petty theft, both in California.
Victor Mendoza-Aguilar, 32, of Mexico also arrested Friday and has a criminal history in Pasadena. He was previously sentenced to 112 days in jail for possessing unlawful paraphernalia, 16 months for possessing controlled substances, four years for assault with a deadly weapon and 364 days for obstructing a public officer.
He is an alleged active member of the Villa Boys gang and was previously removed from the US in 2017.
Delfino Aguilar-Martinez, 51, of Mexico was arrested Friday and has a criminal history that includes assault with a deadly weapon with great bodily injury in Los Angeles. He was sentenced to a year in jail for the crime.
Jesus Alan Hernandez-Morales, 26, of Mexico was rounded up and removed from the US on Saturday. His criminal history includes being sentenced in Las Cruces, NM, to 239 days in jail for conspiracy to transport an illegal migrant.
Lionel Sanchez-Laguna, 55, of Mexico was arrested, too, and has a criminal history in Orange that includes being sentenced to 365 days in jail for discharging a firearm at an inhabited dwelling and vehicle, four years probation for battery on a spouse or cohabitant, four years probation for willful cruelty to a child, 10 days in jail for driving under the influence, three years for assault with a semi-automatic firearm and three years or personal use of a firearm.
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