Fugitives arrested in New England sanctuary jurisdictions wanted on homicide charges

By Bethany Blankley
The Center Square

Fve fugitives have been arrested in New England sanctuary jurisdictions within the past few weeks who are wanted for murder or homicide in their home countries.

They all had foreign arrest warrants charging murder or homicide with some facing additional charges. To evade capture and prosecution in their home countries of Brazil, El Salvador and the Dominican Republic, they fled to the United States, where they illegally entered the country during the Biden administration.

Once in the country illegally, they made their way to the sanctuary jurisdictions of Connecticut and Massachusetts. Sanctuary jurisdictions are those whose leaders defy or obstruct federal immigration enforcement.

At least 35 states have been identified by the Trump administration as sanctuary jurisdictions, including Connecticut and Massachusetts, The Center Square reported. Six cities in Connecticut; and 13 counties and 12 cities in Massachusetts are on a federal sanctuary list published last year. The list is missing Natick, whose officials voted for sanctuary status after an Iranian national was arrested there for his alleged ties to a terrorist attack that killed three U.S. service members, The Center Square reported.

In Waterbury, Connecticut, ICE Boston agents arrested Salvadoran national Danny Granados-Garcia, wanted for aggravated homicide and a member of U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organization, MS-13.

MS-13 and other FTO members are increasingly being prosecuted by the Trump administration, charged with using machetes, baseball bats and strangulation to kill their victims, and mutilating or dismembering their victims, The Center Square reported.

In Worcester, Massachusetts, ICE Boston agents arrested Brazilian Magno Jose Dos Santos and Dominican Bryan Rafael Gomez. Dos Santos was wanted for homicide and an attempted crime allegedly committed in 2021. Gomez was wanted for homicide, with a warrant from 2023.

In Everett, Mass., Brazilian Kele Cristian Alves-Pereira was arrested, wanted for a 2021 murder. In Falmouth, Mass., Brazilian Altieris Chaves Paiva was arrested, wanted for a 2024 homicide.

ICE Boston agents have been arresting multiple Brazilians who are illegally in the country, including one convicted of 11 murders and sentenced to more than 200 years in prison for his role in a 2015 “Curio Massacre,” The Center Square reported. After he was sentenced, he fled Brazil and made it to Massachusetts where he was eventually found and arrested by law enforcement, ICE said. Other Brazilians ICE Boston agents have arrested have had criminal charges of child rape, drug trafficking and murder, among other charges, The Center Square reported.

Nearly 70% of arrests made by ICE during the Trump administration have U.S. criminal histories, ICE says, The Center Square has reported.

“Even though some of these foreign fugitives had no criminal charges in the United States, all endangered our New England communities,” ICE-ERO Boston acting Field Office Director David Wesling said. “We will continue to pursue these dangerous criminal aliens that sanctuary politicians fight to protect.”