Enforcement and Removal Operations apprehended a 35-year-old Guatemalan national charged locally with operating under the influence of liquor (fourth offense), possession of a Class B controlled substance, giving a false address with intent to hinder police, and operating motor revoked after operating under the influence. Deportation officers with ERO Boston arrested Edilzar Morales-Barillas July 8 near his residence in Chelsea. Morales, who was previously removed from the United States, has been convicted locally of reckless endangerment of a child and drug distribution, and he has three convictions for operating a vehicle under the influence of liquor.
“Edilzar Morales-Barillas has repeatedly broken our laws and habitually placed our New England residents in danger,” said ERO Boston Field Office Director Todd M. Lyons. “We cannot allow egregious noncitizen offenders continue to reoffend and threaten the security of our communities. ERO Boston will continue to prioritize public safety by arresting and removing egregious noncitizen offenders.”
Morales unlawfully entered the United States on an unknown date, at an unknown location, and without being inspected, admitted or paroled by a U.S. immigration official.
Between July 2014 and August 2018, Morales was arrested and convicted of two counts of distribute/dispense Class B controlled substance and one count of possession to distribute Class B controlled substance; three counts of operating a vehicle under the influence of liquor; one count of operating under the influence of liquor; child endangerment; and reckless endangerment of child.
ERO Boston encountered Morales Jan. 25, 2018, following his third conviction for operating a vehicle under the influence.
On Sept. 3, 2019, ERO Boston issued Morales a notice to appear before a Department of Justice immigration judge.
Deportation officers from ERO Boston arrested him May 6, 2020, at the Essex County House of Correction.
On April 21, 2021, a Department of Justice immigration judge ordered Morales removed from the United States to Guatemala.
ERO Boston removed him from the United States to Guatemala May 14, 2021.
He unlawfully reentered the United States on an unknown date, at an unknown location, and without being inspected, admitted or paroled by a U.S. immigration official.
The Chelsea Police Department arrested Morales May 26, 2023, and charged him with operating a vehicle under the influence of liquor (fourth offense), possession of Class B controlled substance, giving false address with intent to hinder police, and operating a motor vehicle without a license.
ERO lodged an immigration detainer against Morales May 27, 2023, with the Suffolk County Sherriff’s Department’s Nashua Street Jail.
ERO’s Pacific Enforcement Response Center lodged an additional immigration detainer against Morales May 30, 2023.
The Suffolk County Sherriff’s Department’s Nashua Street Jail ignored both immigration detainers and released Morales from custody on an unknown date.
Deportation officers from ERO Boston arrested Morales July 8 near his residence in Chelsea and served him with a notice to reinstate final order of removal. He remains in ERO custody.
