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Feds Nab Escaped Brazilian Armed Robbery Convict In Everett

March 20, 2024

Federal immigration authorities arrested a 23-year-old Brazilian man wanted in his native country for failing to complete a 19-year prison sentence for armed robbery there, the agency said.

The man, whom authorities did not name, had fraudulent identification documents when he was arrested Thursday, March 14 near his home in Everett, according to a press release issued Tuesday, March 19 by the Boston office of Enforcement and Removal Operations, a unit of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The man escaped from prison on November 17, 2017. At the time he had 13 years, 10 months, and 29 days left on his sentence, according to the press release.

“This Brazilian fugitive was not only convicted of a violent crime in his native country, but he also attempted to evade Brazilian law by hiding out in Massachusetts,” said Todd Lyons, Boston field office director of Enforcement and Removal Operations, in a written statement. “We cannot allow the world’s criminals to use our New England communities as hideouts from justice.”

It’s not clear when, where, or how the Brazilian man entered the United States, federal immigration authorities said, but he came here illegally.

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