Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston arrested an unlawfully present Colombian national charged with four counts of sexual assault and one count of assaulting someone with a mental handicap. Deportation officers from ERO Boston’s Providence field office apprehended Rigberto Hoyos-Alban, 33, in Cranston May 22.
U.S. Border Patrol arrested Hoyos-Alban near Rio Grande Valley, Texas, Nov. 21, 2023, after he unlawfully entered the United States without having been inspected, admitted or paroled by a U.S. immigration official. Border Patrol officials issued Hoyos-Alban a notice to appear before a Department of Justice immigration judge and released Hoyos-Alban on his own recognizance.
Officers from the Central Falls Police Department arrested Hoyos-Alban March 13 and charged him with two counts of sexual assault in the first degree, two counts of sexual assault in the second degree, and one count of felony assault on a person mentally impaired.
Deportation officers from ERO Boston’s Providence field office lodged an immigration detainer against Hoyos-Alban with the Rhode Island Adult Correctional Institute March 14. However, the facility did not honor the immigration detainer and released Hoyos-Alban from custody.
Deportation officers from ERO Boston’s Providence field office apprehended Hoyos-Alban in Cranston May 22. Hoyos-Alban will remain in ERO custody pending the outcome of his removal proceedings.
