U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced on Tuesday the agency had deported Honduran national Olvin Mauricio Martinez Coto, who was wanted for aggravated femicide, attempted homicide and forcible entry in Honduras.
“We will continue to seek out, arrest and deport international fugitives. Let’s set the record straight: The United States is not a safe haven for criminal aliens,” read a statement by ICE.
Martinez Coto was arrested on July 1 after a joint operation involving Enforcement and Removal Operations Long Island Fugitive Operations, Homeland Security Investigations and the Federal Bureau of Investigations found him hiding out in Westbury, New York, according to ICE.
The agency said Martinez Coto was illegally present in the U.S. and had entered the country sometime prior to 2007 before being deported to Honduras from San Antonio that year. He re-entered the country at another unknown date and was arrested and deported again in early 2019, also from San Antonio, according to ICE. His subsequent third entry was also at an unknown time and location.
Martinez Coto is wanted in Honduras for aggravated femicide – the intentional murder of a woman for being a woman – and attempted homicide and forcible home invasion, ICE said. Officials say he could be sentenced to up to 44 years in prison if convicted in Honduras.
Martinez Coto was also on Honduras’ list of its 10 most-wanted fugitives.
According to Honduran news agency El Heraldo, the Honduran National Police were offering half a million lempiras (approximately $19,000 USD) for information leading to the capture of Martinez Coto, accused of murdering his wife.
El Heraldo also reports his criminal record indicates he killed his wife, Isis Yoselin Acevedo Alvarenga, with a machete in 2021. The suspect allegedly broke into the home before attacking the young woman. It is also believed that bystanders tried to help her, but were seriously injured themselves, according to the report.
Acevedo Alvarenga had reported Martinez Coto to authorities before her death, according to Ell Heraldo. She was originally from the community of Los Arroyos in La Unión, Copán, and the mother of two children, ages 2 and 5.
Martinez Coto was detained immediately upon returning to Honduras at Ramón Villeda Morales Airport.
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Author: Kristina Watrobski
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