ICE and federal legislation enforcement introduced the arrest of a collection of immigrants on fees together with assault and battery and promoting unlawful firearms.
The ICE ERO Boston workplace stated brokers and federal legislation enforcement companions arrested alleged 18th Road gang member Ricardo Cornejo-Cornejo, 24, who they claimed is a Salvadoran nationwide within the nation illegally, in a launch Wednesday.
Cornejo-Cornejo faces fees in Massachusetts together with assault and battery with a firearm and prison threatening. ICE didn’t share additional particulars concerning the arrest or allegations as of Thursday afternoon.
The FBI introduced a second arrest of an alleged 18th Road gang member Melbi Ovidio Ortez, 40, who they stated is a Salvadoran nationwide unlawfully residing in Chelsea, on firearm fees Tuesday.
Ortez is charged on one depend of participating within the enterprise of dealing in firearms and not using a license, the FBI stated, for allegedly promoting 4 pistols and over 100 rounds of ammunition. Two of the pistols, a Glock 9mm pistol and the Colt .380 pistol, allegedly had defaced serial quantity, the bureau stated.
Ortez was ordered detained on a pending possible trigger and detention hearings scheduled for July 18, 2025.
The FBI acknowledged the firearm gross sales happened behind his Chelsea residence between April 3, 2025 and Could 2, 2025. The suspect additionally allegedly bought “suspected cocaine on two times during that same period,” the FBI added, although drug fees weren’t listed.
Ortez might withstand 5 years in jail, three years of supervised launched and as much as a $250,000 high quality if discovered responsible. The defendant is “subject to deportation upon completion of any sentence imposed,” the FBI stated.
The ERO Boston workplace additionally arrested Boonphet Keovongsavang, 66, who they described as a “citizen illegal alien from Laos,” the company stated Thursday.
ICE acknowledged Keovongsavang’s has a “conviction for second degree child molestation.” The company didn’t reply to an inquiry concerning particulars of the arrest as of Thursday afternoon.
