Immigration Raids Net Arrest in Rome (Coosa Valley News)

Immigration Raids Net Arrest in Rome
Tony Potts

06-24-2009

Several illegal aliens living in Rome, Dalton and Chatsworth have been arrested and put on Immigration and Customs Enforcement holds for deportation. The operation was part of a federal investigation. No specifics were given as to why the 10 individuals were arrested in northwest Georgia, but a release did say that fugitive operations teams `give top priority to cases involving aliens who pose a threat to national security and community safety, including members of transnational street gangs, child sex offenders and aliens with prior convictions for violet crimes.`

Arrested were:
Pedro Francisco Alonzo, 55, Dalton, a native of Guatemala
Aracely Canales, 36, Dalton (El Salvador)
Francisco Javier Hurtado-Lazarin, 31, Dalton (Mexico)
Miguel Monzon, 514 Burnett Ferry Road, Rome (Guatemala)
Eliseo Perez Ramirez, Chatsworth (Guatemala)
Alfonso Torres, Dalton (original country unknown)
David Rey Sanchez Torres, Dalton (Mexico)
Maximiliano Hernandez Alvarado, 47, Dalton, formerly of El Salvador
Angel Santizo-Perez, 22, Dalton (El Salvador)
Mauricio Perez-Vincentes, 32, of 514 Burnett Ferry Road in Rome (Guatemala)