CHICAGO BREAKING NEWS
Transnational street gang members were the target of a series of arrests this week in the Chicago area, federal officials announced today.
Of the 28 gang members arrested, 27 were in the U.S. without documentation and face deportation, either directly or after facing charges in the United States, according to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office.
Of those arrested, 25 were from Mexico, one from Honduras and one from El Salvador, with one U.S. citizen arrested on an outstanding warrant.
The arrested men were documented gang members, representing at least 10 different gangs, according to the ICE statement.
One of the arrested was a Mexican national previously deported in 2005, who now faces federal charges that upon conviction could result in a 20-year prison sentence. Another man was facing warrants in DuPage County and Kane County, who will face those charges under local jurisdictions, ICE said.
The 25 men now in ICE custody were charged with administrative immigration violations and are pending removal from the United States, according to the ICE statement.
ICE agents made the arrests under Operation Community Shield with the cooperation of local law enforcement officials in Aurora, Chicago, Elgin, Mount Prospect, Prospect Heights, West Chicago, Wheeling and Wood Dale.
--Staff report
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