ICE arrests alleged gang member hiding from Mexican authorities in sanctuary city: 'Heinous murderer'

EXCLUSIVE: Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested an amerciable migrant successful New Haven, Connecticut, who is wanted for allegedly sidesplitting a Mexican law enforcement officer.

Orlando Diaz-Cebada, known arsenic "El Leches," was taken into ICE custody connected June 12, 2025, successful Connecticut. He is allegedly a subordinate of the Los Pochos pack that works with the Sinaloa Cartel, according to DHS.

"Thanks to our brave ICE instrumentality enforcement and national partners, this transgression amerciable alien fugitive wanted for murdering a instrumentality enforcement authoritative successful Mexico is disconnected America’s streets. This heinous murderer attempted to evade justness by hiding retired successful Connecticut," Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said successful a statement.

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Orlando Diaz-Cebada was arrested by ICE connected June 12, 2025, successful New Haven, Conn. (Department of Homeland Security)

"These are the types of barbaric transgression amerciable aliens our brave ICE instrumentality enforcement risks their lives each time to arrest. America is nary longer a harmless haven for convulsive criminals. If you are a transgression amerciable alien considering entering America illegally, don’t adjacent deliberation astir it. If you travel present and interruption our laws, we volition hunt you down. Criminals are not invited successful the United. States," McLaughlin added.

Diaz-Cebda entered the United States illegally successful May 2024, and was deported doubly by U.S. Border Patrol, arsenic helium tried to participate again 2 days aft the archetypal try. According to DHS, the circumstances of erstwhile helium returned to the U.S. are unclear, arsenic the section said helium was not "inspected, admitted, oregon paroled" by federal authorities.

A papers reviewed by Fox News Digital from the lawyer general’s bureau successful Tlaxcala, a authorities successful Mexico, showed that helium is wanted successful the state for aggravated homicide. 

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The apprehension warrant was filed connected April 23, 2024, a period earlier helium came to the U.S.

New Haven is considered a sanctuary city, according to WSHU. In April, Mayor Justin Elicker touted a ineligible triumph arsenic the Trump medication attempted to scrap national backing for cities that bash not comply with federal migration enforcement.

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"New Haven is simply a welcoming metropolis and we’re committed to ensuring each our residents consciousness harmless calling the police, seeking aesculapian care, sending their children to school, and accessing captious nationalist services. It’s not lone the close policy, it’s the applicable policy," Elicker said successful a connection successful April.

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"We request to marque definite our constabulary section is moving to combat transgression and not commandeered to bash the enactment of the national government. We are precise pleased with this ruling and that New Haven volition beryllium capable to usage lawfully obligated national funds to further fortify nationalist information successful our city," the Democrat added.

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Fox News Digital reached retired to the mayor’s office.

"We afloat enactment the efforts of our national partners successful apprehending this individual, who stands accused of a heinous crime, the sidesplitting of a chap officer. While everyone is entitled to owed process, we basal firmly down actions that support our communities," a spokesperson for the New Haven Police Department stated.