ICE Says Illegal Alien Arrested While Driving Pregnant Wife to the Hospital Had Outstanding Arrest Warrant in Mexico on Homicide Charges

By Reader-Researcher R.C.


ICE Says Man Detained While Driving Pregnant Wife to the Hospital Had Outstanding Arrest Warrant in Mexico on Homicide Charges

An immigrant in the U.S. illegally who was detained by federal immigration officers in San Bernardino this week while he was driving his pregnant wife to the hospital had an outstanding warrant for his arrest in Mexico on homicide charges, authorities said Saturday. Joel Arrona-Lara was driving his wife, Maria del Carmen Venegas, to a local hospital Wednesday for her scheduled cesarean section when he was apprehended by Immigration and Custom Enforcement agents.

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