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The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office in Miami arrested Allen Gómez, a 57-year-old Cuban citizen classified by authorities as a "sexual predator" and foreign criminal.
The ICE page "The Worst of the Worst" described that the Cuban has a history of lewd and lascivious acts with a minor and for failing to register as a sex offender.
The agency indicated that the arrest is part of its efforts to remove immigrants with criminal histories from communities in the United States.
In its statement, ICE framed this operation within a series of recent arrests of Cuban citizens with serious criminal records, emphasizing that the agency's priority is to locate and detain foreigners deemed a threat to public safety.
Gómez's case adds to a growing list of Cubans facing deportation proceedings after serving sentences or being identified for serious crimes.
In the same context, the agency reported the recent arrest in Miami of Rolquis Torres Ricardo, another Cuban citizen with a history of child sexual abuse and domestic violence, whom they described as a "convicted criminal."
Ricardo Torres was arrested at his home by ICE agents with the support of state authorities and taken to the detention center known as "Alligator Alcatraz," in the Everglades, where he remains in custody awaiting a deportation flight.
At the beginning of November, ICE also announced the arrest of Jorge Muñiz García, also detained at Alligator Alcatraz and described as a Cuban with an extensive criminal history that includes attempted homicide, robbery with violence, and breaking and entering.
These cases, the agency pointed out, illustrate the ongoing effort to identify and deport the most dangerous immigrants in the country.
According to the report, these operations are part of the campaign titled “The Worst of the Worst,” driven by the Donald Trump administration and focused on locating and deporting foreigners with particularly serious criminal records.
However, the process of repatriating Cuban nationals remains complex and lengthy, due to the reluctance of the Havana government to receive citizens with a criminal record or those who left the island before the migration agreements of 2017.
In some cases, the report indicates, Cubans with final deportation orders have been sent to third countries, despite the risks involved.
The last deportation flight to Cuba took place on November 6, when 232 irregular migrants were returned to the island from the United States, marking the tenth air operation of the year. According to the Ministry of the Interior (MININT), three of those repatriated are under investigation for alleged crimes committed before leaving the country.
With this operation, the total number of Cubans returned from the U.S. in 2025 rises to 1,231 people, a figure that exceeds the levels of the previous administration and reflects the tightening of U.S. immigration policy.
In this scenario, the detention of Allen Gómez appears as another link in a broader strategy by ICE: to increase raids and deportations of immigrants with criminal convictions, with a particular emphasis on those cases that, according to the agency, pose a risk to the community, while tensions and practical difficulties in executing deportations to Cuba continue.
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