Manuel Victores-Alzola, a Cuban citizen residing in Miami, was arrested this Thursday by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after being convicted three times for sexual acts with a minor within his own family, according to an official statement released this Friday by the Department of Homeland Security in the United States.
The case of Victores-Alzola was included in the series «The Worst of the Worst» («Worst of the Worst»), a sustained communication campaign that the Department of Homeland Security has maintained under the Trump administration to highlight the arrests of undocumented immigrants with serious criminal records.
The Secretary of Homeland Security, Markwayne Mullin, was emphatic when referring to those arrested during this round of operations: "Yesterday, ICE arrested pedophiles, rapists, kidnappers, thieves, and other dangerous criminals who should never have been here."
In the same statement, Mullin added: "Thanks to President Trump's leadership, the men and women of ICE have been empowered to act against illegal aliens who threaten our communities. While politicians in sanctuary cities prioritize the needs of the illegal immigrants, the Department of Homeland Security will always put the safety of the American people first."
Along with the Cuban, the statement from the Department of Homeland Security included four other arrests: Jeffry Rivera-Vargas, a Honduran convicted of kidnapping and sexual assault in Ohio; Bladimir Morel, a Dominican convicted of robbery, illegal use of a firearm, and drug distribution in Pennsylvania; Ronald Alberto Aguilar-Contreras, a Salvadoran convicted of first-degree assault in Maryland; and Diego Miguel-Juan, a Guatemalan convicted of distributing child pornography in Iowa.
The Department of Homeland Security maintains the site WOW.DHS.Gov so that the public can check the arrests of immigrants with criminal records in their communities, a tool that the Trump administration uses as part of its communication strategy on immigration issues.
The arrest of Victores-Alzola is not an isolated case. There is a documented pattern of Cubans with offenses against minors being detained by ICE in Florida.
In May, ICE arrested three Cubans with serious criminal records. Roberto Valdés Catalán, an undocumented immigrant from Cuba, was identified as one of "the worst criminals arrested by ICE."
He had been convicted of the serious offense of enticing minors for indecent purposes in Davidson County, Tennessee, and for domestic violence in Austin, Texas.
Jorge Luis Fuentes was also arrested; he was convicted of assault with a dangerous weapon in Boston, Massachusetts.
Another Cuban, Juan González Paz, was arrested for charges of grand theft and possession of burglary tools in Miami, Florida, according to the DHS.
In March, ICE agents in the city of Newark arrested the undocumented Cuban citizen Álvaro Tuero, convicted of sexual offenses against minors, after being released from a state prison in New Jersey earlier that month.
The intensification of arrests of Cubans by ICE is ongoing: arrests increased by 463% between October 2024 and January 2026.
More than 42,000 Cubans have pending final deportation orders in the United States, and just in June 2026, immigration courts issued more than 1,600 new deportation orders against citizens of the island.
Between August 2025 and August 2026, Cubans had the highest number of arrests by ICE in Miami under agreements with local authorities: 131 out of 451 detainees, according to data on migrant arrests in Miami-Dade.
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