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Charlotte deportation officers arrest fugitive in Forsyth County

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Charlotte deportation officers located and arrested a fugitive living in the country illegally Thursday in Forsyth County, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said in a news release.

Alfredo Carreon-Lopez of Maryland was wanted on multiple state charges of rape and sexual assault.

Carreon is suspected to have fled the Baltimore area after officials in Maryland issued a warrant against him on charges including first- and second-degree rape, sexual abuse of a minor, first- and second-degree assault and multiple additional sexual offense charges.

ICE contacted the Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office and booked Carreon into the Mecklenburg County Detention Center where he is awaiting extradition back to Maryland, officials said.

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“This case is an excellent example of ICE’s ongoing focus to prioritize its immigration enforcement efforts toward unlawfully present foreign nationals who pose a threat to public safety,” ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Atlanta Field Office Director Sean Gallagher in the news release said in the news release. “Despite attempts by some to confuse the public, ICE does not conduct any type of random or indiscriminate enforcement and the agency’s targeted enforcement efforts make communities safer for all persons whatever their immigration status may be.”

ICE officials said that about 90 percent of everyone arrested by ICE in the U.S. during the first three quarters of fiscal year 2018 either had “a criminal conviction, a pending criminal charge or were already subject to a removal order issued by a federal immigration judge.”

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