ICE Arrests Five Convicted Murderers and Child Sex Offenders in Multi-State Operation
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers took five noncitizens into custody for crimes including voluntary manslaughter, sexual assault of a child under 14, and attempted sexual battery on a child under 12. The operation occurs against a documented surge in violence against officers that includes a more than 1,300% increase in assaults and an 8,000% increase in death threats.
bbc.co.ukU.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested five convicted criminals in a multi-state operation, the Department of Homeland Security announced on May 28, 2026.
The arrestees are Kha Ngoc Le, a Vietnamese national convicted of voluntary manslaughter plus multiple robberies and burglaries in Manchester, New Hampshire; Andres Espinosa-Reyna, a Mexican national convicted of sexual assault of a child under 14 in Harris County, Texas; Jose Ordonez-Mendez, a Guatemalan national convicted of attempted sexual battery on a child under 12 in Boynton Beach, Florida; Harlan Cristina Cruz-Wences, a Mexican national convicted of selling a person for immoral purpose in Bakersfield, California; and Edgar Velasquez-Ortiz, a Salvadoran national convicted of attempted robbery in Washington, D.C.
The operation targeted individuals the agency designates as the “worst of the worst.” Per the DHS release, ICE officers now face more than a 1,300% increase in assaults and an 8,000% increase in death threats compared with prior periods.
The arrests mark a continuation of the agency’s stated policy of prioritizing removal of noncitizens with the most serious criminal convictions. No new procedural rules or effective dates were announced; the operation reflects ongoing enforcement under existing authority.
Downstream, the removals clear these five individuals from U.S. communities and criminal dockets. Local law-enforcement agencies in New Hampshire, Texas, Florida, California and the District of Columbia no longer bear responsibility for supervising or incarcerating them on the underlying convictions.
Federal immigration courts can now close the associated removal cases, freeing docket space. The public release of names and conviction details also supplies concrete data points for congressional oversight committees tracking ICE’s “worst of the worst” prioritization.
This action follows repeated public statements from ICE leadership that the agency would focus resources on murderers, child sex offenders and violent felons. The May 28 announcement is the latest in a series of periodic operational updates that itemize specific high-harm removals.
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