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The Miami Sector of the United States Border Patrol arrested a Cuban national near Homestead, Florida, this Sunday, who has an extensive history of fraud-related offenses and an active removal order that he never complied with, as the agency announced on its official Facebook account.
The detainee has prior convictions for fraud involving the use of another person's identification information, forgery of a financial instrument, and multiple additional offenses related to fraud. The Border Patrol classifies him as an aggravated offender, a category that, under the Immigration and Nationality Act, makes him virtually ineligible for any form of immigration relief and subjects him to mandatory deportation.
The agency emphasized that the man had a removal order from the United States that he did not comply with. "Despite being ordered to leave the U.S., he did not depart: the order was finally executed!" noted the Border Patrol in their post.
Along with the announcement, the agency released a police photograph of the arrested individual with the labels "AGGRAVATED FELON" and "ARRESTED" superimposed on the image, as part of a communication strategy that federal authorities have systematically used to publicly document these arrests.
"Border security doesn't stop at the border. Our enforcement efforts focus on targeting, arresting, and deporting foreign criminals who have violated our laws," the agency stated.
The case adds to a series of arrests of Cubans with criminal records in Florida that authorities have intensified in recent months. The Florida Highway Patrol arrested a Cuban on May 25 who had 116 felony convictions and an active deportation order dating back to 1998, with a file consisting of 308 pages.
In December 2025, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) described as "the worst of the worst" Cubans arrested in Florida for fraud and identity theft, including Roslandy García Cruz, who has 23 convictions. In September 2025, ICE arrested Noslen Hernández Guerra in Tampa for electronic fraud, identity theft, money laundering, and possession of counterfeiting tools.
Florida is the state with the highest concentration of Cubans in federal custody: by December 2025, it had accumulated 708 of the 1,152 Cubans detained by ICE across the country. Homestead, located in Miami-Dade County, is a high-traffic area for migration due to its proximity to the Florida Keys and maritime routes from Cuba.
In parallel, the deportations of Cubans from the United States have accelerated. By May 21, 2026, 18 operations had been carried out with a total of 612 Cubans returned to the island. According to a report from Human Rights Watch dated May 27, between January 20, 2025, and March 9, 2026, 4,353 Cubans were deported to Mexico, of which 26% had no criminal record.
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