ERO Boston removes Dominican national from New York wanted for murder, arrested for alleged Massachusetts felonies

BOSTON — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston removed 25-year-old Alvi Grant Baez Guzman of Bronx, New York to the Dominican Republic Oct. 8. Baez was a fugitive wanted for homicide in his home country.

“The Worcester County House of Corrections let us know that they were going to release Baez ahead of time,” said ERO Boston acting Field Office Director Patricia H. Hyde. “That’s how immigration detainers are supposed to work. When ERO Boston’s officers can cooperate with local law enforcement, we can arrest potentially dangerous criminal noncitizens in safe, controlled locations. That helps protect our officers, the public and the noncitizens we arrest, and we really value Worcester County’s cooperation.”

Baez — also known as Grullon Antonio, Johan, Moniker and Albin — unlawfully entered the United States on an unknown date, at an unknown location, without inspection or parole by an immigration official.

The Northborough Police Department arrested Baez for larceny and an identification violation June 19, and the following day, the Westborough District Court granted him bail. The Worcester County House of Corrections in West Boylston, where Baez was held, notified ERO Boston that the facility was scheduled to release him.

ERO Boston arrested Baez June 20 at the Worcester County House of Corrections. Officials served him with a notice to appear before a Department of Justice immigration judge following his arraignment for the larceny and identification charges. On Sept. 16, a judge ordered him removed to the Dominican Republic, and on Oct. 8, ERO Boston removed him.