Enforcement and Removal Operations Washington, D.C. removed a 25-year-old Salvadoran fugitive wanted by authorities in his home country for charges of aggravated homicide, femicide, deprivation of liberty and illicit associations. Deportation officers removed Douglas Alexander Mojica-Cano from the United States to El Salvador July 26.
“Douglas Alexander Mojica-Cano is facing some very serious charges in his home country and posed a very significant threat to the residents of our Virginia neighborhoods,” said ERO Washington, D.C. Field Office Director Liana Castano. “He represents the worst of noncitizen criminals and has no place in our communities. ERO Washington, D.C. will continue to prioritize public safety by arresting and removing the most egregious noncitizen offenders.”
U.S. Border Patrol arrested Mojica after he unlawfully entered the United States Feb. 3, 2016, near Calexico, California, and served him a notice to appear before a Department of Justice immigration judge.
U.S. Border Patrol transferred custody of Mojica to ERO Los Angeles Feb. 4, 2016. Later that day, ERO Los Angeles transferred Mojica to the Office of Refugee Resettlement.
On March 12, 2016, the Office of Refugee Resettlement released Mojica from custody.
On May 29, 2018, a Department of Justice immigration judge in Arlington, Virginia, ordered him removed from the United States to El Salvador.
Salvadoran authorities are seeking his custody for the offenses of aggravated homicide, aggravated femicide, illicit association and deprivation of liberty.
Deportation officers from ERO Washington arrested Mojica June 17 during an at-large targeted field operation in Petersburg, Virginia. ERO Washington, D.C. removed him from the United States to El Salvador July 26 and turned him over to Salvadoran authorities.