ICE arrests 'worst of the worst' illegal aliens in Los Angeles while protesters advocate for criminals: DHS

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents captured the "worst of the worst" transgression amerciable aliens successful Los Angeles during operations connected Friday, including murderers, enactment offenders and different convulsive criminals, the bureau said connected Sunday. 

ICE agents carried retired operations astatine businesses crossed Los Angeles connected Friday, which sparked protests and clashes extracurricular aggregate locations, resulting successful authorities throwing flash bangs to disperse the crowd.

About 45 radical were arrested crossed respective locations, including 2 Home Depot stores, a store successful the manner territory and a doughnut shop.

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Federal migration officials detained 45 radical crossed Los Angeles businesses with convictions for execution and intersexual assault, prompting protests and disapproval from DHS officials. (Getty Images)

"Why bash Governor Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass attraction much astir convulsive murderers and enactment offenders than they bash astir protecting their ain citizens?" Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin asked. "These rioters successful Los Angeles are warring to support rapists, murderers, and different convulsive criminals escaped connected Los Angeles streets. Instead of rioting, they should beryllium thanking ICE officers each azygous time who aftermath up and marque our communities safer."

Among those arrested was 49-year-old Cuong Chanh Phan, an amerciable alien from Vietnam with a transgression past that includes a condemnation for second-degree murder.

Phan was convicted of shooting up a precocious schoolhouse graduation enactment aft a dispute, sidesplitting an 18-year-old and a 15-year-old. Seven others were injured successful the incident, according to DHS.

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ICE arrested immoderate of the astir unsafe transgression amerciable immigrants portion conducting operations successful Los Angeles connected Friday, including, from near to right: Cuong Chanh Phan, Rolando Veneracion-Enriquez, Lionel Sanchez-Laguna, Armando Ordaz and Francisco Sanchez-Arguello. (Mugshots: Department of Homeland Security)

ICE besides arrested Rolando Veneracion-Enriquez, a 55-year-old amerciable alien from the Philippines who was convicted of burglary, intersexual penetration with a overseas entity and battle with intent to perpetrate rape.

Lionel Sanchez-Laguna, a 55-year-old Mexican national, was arrested by ICE connected Friday. His transgression past includes discharging a firearm astatine an inhabited dwelling and vehicle, artillery connected spouse oregon cohabitant, willful cruelty to child, driving nether the influence, battle with a semi-automatic firearm and idiosyncratic usage of a firearm.

Another amerciable migrant who was arrested was 44-year-old Armando Ordaz, of Mexico.

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Law enforcement detain a protester astatine the U.S. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons aft national migration authorities conducted an cognition connected Friday, June 6, 2025, successful Los Angeles.  (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

DHS said Ordaz’s transgression past includes intersexual battery, receiving known oregon stolen spot and petty theft.

Francisco Sanchez-Arguello, 38, of Mexico was arrested connected Friday and had antecedently been arrested for grand theft larceny and possession of a prohibited weapon, DHS said.

Authorities arrested 42-year-old Jose Gregorio Medranda Ortiz, an Ecuadorian nationalist who had antecedently been arrested and convicted of conspiracy to person 5 kilograms oregon much of cocaine with organisation intent portion connected a vas successful Tampa, Florida.

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ICE conducted operations successful Los Angeles connected Friday, targeting amerciable immigrants they accidental are the worst of the worst. Of those arrested were the following: Top near to right: Jose Gregorio Medranda Ortiz, Delfino Aguilar-Martinez, and Victor Mendoza-Aguilar. Bottom near to right: Jose Cristobal Hernandez-Buitron, Jordan Mauricio Meza-Esquibel, and Jesus Alan Hernandez-Morales. (Background: Getty Images / Mugshots: Department of Homeland Security)

ICE arrested Victor Mendoza-Aguilar, 32, of Mexico, who had besides antecedently been convicted of crimes, including possession of unlawful paraphernalia, possession of controlled substances, battle with a deadly limb and obstruction of a nationalist officer.

Delfino Aguilar-Martinez, 51, of Mexico, was arrested Friday and had antecedently been charged and convicted with battle with a deadly limb with large bodily injury, DHS said.

DHS besides shared that 43-year-old Jose Cristobal Hernandez-Buitron, an amerciable alien from Peru, was 1 of those arrested Friday and had been antecedently convicted of robbery.

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Honduran nationalist Jordan Mauricio Meza-Esquibel, 32, was besides arrested during the operation. He was antecedently convicted of distributing narcotics and home violence.

And finally, DHS said 26-year-old Jesus Alan Hernandez-Morales, a Mexican national, was arrested and had antecedently been convicted of conspiring to transport an amerciable alien into the U.S.