(COLORADO SPRINGS) — A suspected cartel member has been arrested by a number of legislation enforcement businesses in Colorado Springs, after re-entering the U.S. a number of instances following deportation.
In response to the FBI Denver, its company partnered with the El Paso County Sheriff’s Workplace, Pueblo Police Division, Colorado Springs Police Division, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to arrest 48-year-old Omar Valdez-Lerma on a federal warrant.
The FBI mentioned Valdez-Lerma, a Mexican nationwide, had a violent prison historical past courting again to 2006, and had illegally re-entered the U.S. after deportation in 2018 and 2021. The FBI mentioned Valdez-Lerma is regarded as a member of a cartel that was just lately named a International Terrorist Group.
The FBI mentioned Valdez-Lerma is charged with unlawful re-entry after deportation and is at the moment within the custody of ICE.
