ICE Agents In Maryland Arrest Illegal Immigrant Drug Dealer Who Entered Over Texas Border

Immigration authorities in Baltimore arrested a 36-year-old Honduran national, Nahun Ventura Ortiz-Isaguriz, who was living in Ellicott City illegally.

Ortiz-Isaguriz had been convicted of drug distribution charges in Howard County.

Deportation officers from Baltimore’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Fugitive Operations Team made the arrest.

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“Nahun Ventura Ortiz-Isaguriz has been convicted of distributing poison to the residents of our Maryland neighborhoods,” said ERO Baltimore acting Field Office Director Matthew Elliston. “Additionally, Ortiz had been removed from the United States twice before. Allowing such offenders to remain here allows them to disproportionately target and victimize the members of our migrant communities. ERO Baltimore will continues to prioritize public safety by apprehending and removing the most egregious noncitizen offenders from Maryland.”

U.S. Border Patrol arrested Ortiz after he unlawfully entered the United States near Penitas, Texas, on Dec. 10, 2009. Authorities served him with an expedited removal form and transferred him to ERO Harlingen.

ERO Harlingen removed Ortiz from the United States to Honduras on Dec. 30, 2009.

Ortiz 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 officer.

ERO Los Angeles arrested Ortiz on Aug. 16, 2011, and served him a notice of intent/decision to reinstate his prior order. Officials transferred him to ERO Phoenix’s custody on Sept. 7, 2011.

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ERO Phoenix removed Ortiz from the United States to Honduras on Sept. 8, 2011.

Ortiz again reentered the United States on an unknown date, at an unknown location and without being inspected, admitted or paroled by a U.S. immigration officer.

On March 22, 2023, the Howard County Police Department in Maryland arrested Ortiz and charged him with drug-related crimes, including possession with intent to distribute. Later that day, the Pacific Enforcement Regional Center lodged an immigration detainer against him with Maryland’s Howard County Detention Center.

On Aug. 23, 2023, the Circuit Court for Howard County in Ellicott City convicted Ortiz of distributing narcotics and sentenced him to 20 years in prison followed by two years of probation. The court suspended all but 155 days of his prison sentence.

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The Howard County Police Department refused to honor the immigration detainer and released him from custody on Aug. 23, 2023.

Deportation officers from ERO Baltimore’s Fugitive Operations Team apprehended Ortiz in Ellicott City on June 10 and issued him a notice to appear before a Department of Justice immigration judge. He will remain in ERO custody pending his removal from the United States.

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