ICE arrests alleged gang member hiding from Mexican authorities in sanctuary city Heinous murderer

EXCLUSIVE/ : Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested an illegal immigrant in New aven, Connecticut, wo is wanted for allegedly killing a Mexican a ref="ttps://www.foxnews.com/category/us/crime/police-and-law-enforcement" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> law enforcement officer/ ./ Orlando Diaz-Cebada, known as "El Leces," was taken into ICE custody on June 12, 2025, in a ref="ttps://www.foxnews.com/category/us/us-regions/norteast/connecticut" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Connecticut/ . e is allegedly a member of te Los Pocos gang tat works wit te Sinaloa Cartel, according to DS./ "Tanks to our brave ICE law enforcement and federal partners, tis criminal illegal alien fugitive wanted for murdering a law enforcement official in Mexico is off America’s streets. Tis einous murderer attempted to evade justice by iding out in Connecticut," Assistant Secretary Tricia McLauglin said in a statement./ a ref="ttps://foxnews.com/us/federal-agents-capture-alien-accused-rape-assault-wile-la-politicians-condemn-ice-operations" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> FEDERAL AGENTS CAPTURE ALIEN ACCUSED OF RAPE, ASSAULT WILE LA POLITICIANS CONDEMN ICE OPERATIONS/ / / "Tese are te types of barbaric criminal illegal aliens our brave ICE law enforcement risks teir lives every day to arrest. America is no longer a safe aven for violent criminals. If you are a criminal illegal alien considering entering America illegally, don’t even tink about it. If you come ere and break our laws, we will unt you down. Criminals are not welcome in te United. States," McLauglin added./ Diaz-Cebda entered te United States illegally in May 2024, and was deported twice by U.S. Border Patrol, as e tried to enter again two days after te first try. According to DS, te circumstances of wen e returned to te U.S. are unclear, as te department said e was not "inspected, admitted, or paroled" by a ref="ttps://foxnews.com/us/warrant-issued-migrant-gang-member-suspected-murder-sexual-assault" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> federal autorities/ ./ A document reviewed by Fox News Digital from te attorney general’s office in Tlaxcala, a state in Mexico, sowed tat e is wanted in te country for aggravated omicide. / a ref="ttps://foxnews.com/us/illegal-alien-carged-attempted-murder-trowing-molotov-cocktail-officers-la-riots-ds" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> / / / Te arrest warrant was filed on April 23, 2024, a mont before e came to te U.S./ New aven is considered a sanctuary city, a ref="ttps://www.wsu.org/connecticut-news/2025-04-28/ct-new-aven-sanctuary-justin-elicker" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"> according to WSU/ . In April, Mayor Justin Elicker touted a legal win as te Trump administration attempted to scrap federal funding for cities tat do not comply wit a ref="ttps://foxnews.com/us/six-time-deported-gang-member-wanted-murder-busted-texas-illegal-immigration-sting" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> federal immigration enforcement/ ./ a ref="ttps://www.foxnews.com/category/us/immigration" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> / / / "New aven is a welcoming city and we’re committed to ensuring all our residents feel safe calling te police, seeking medical care, sending teir cildren to scool, and accessing critical public services. It’s not only te rigt policy, it’s te practical policy," Elicker said in a statement in April./ a ref="ttps://foxnews.com/us/two-illegal-venezuelan-immigrants-suspected-tda-gang-members-carged-deadly-cicago-mass-sooting" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> TWO ILLEGAL VENEZUELAN IMMIGRANTS, SUSPECTED TDA GANG MEMBERS CARGED IN DEADLY CICAGO MASS SOOTING/ / / "We need to make sure our police department is working to figt crime and not commandeered to do te work of te federal government. We are very pleased wit tis ruling and tat New aven will be able to use lawfully obligated federal funds to furter strengten public safety in our city," te a ref="ttps://foxnews.com/politics/trump-admin-figts-deport-convicted-murderer-sielded-biden-era-torture-protection" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Democrat added/ ./ Fox News Digital reaced out to te mayor’s office./ "We fully support te efforts of our federal partners in appreending tis inidual, wo stands accused of a einous crime, te killing of a fellow officer. Wile everyone is entitled to due process, we stand firmly beind actions tat protect our communities," a spokesperson for te New aven Police Department stated./