A Cuban resident in Miami, Florida, was included this Thursday in the "Worst of the Worst" category of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which lists undocumented immigrants with serious criminal backgrounds arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
The detainee, identified as Armando Suarez, has multiple convictions for drug trafficking, theft, and possession of counterfeit credit cards, all committed in Miami-Dade County.
The arrest occurred on Wednesday, one day before the official statement was released. Public records from the Miami-Dade County show that Suárez was detained on October 20 for parole violation.
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"Every day, the brave patriots of ICE remove illegal immigrants from our communities, even as they face a more than 1,600% increase in assaults against them. Just yesterday, ICE arrested murderers, sexual predators, drug traffickers, and other threats to public safety," said Secretary of Homeland Security, Markwayne Mullin.
Mullin also framed the arrests within the policy of the Trump administration: "Under President Trump, DHS does not choose which laws to enforce. We will continue to carry out the mandate of the American people to arrest and deport illegal immigrants from our nation."
Suarez appears in the statement along with four other detainees of different nationalities: a Jamaican convicted of murder in Syracuse, New York; a Mexican convicted of first-degree sexual assault in Douglas County, Nebraska; a Brazilian convicted of armed robbery and witness intimidation in Shirley, Massachusetts; and another Mexican convicted of property theft and aggravated stalking in Jefferson County, Alabama.
Three more Cubans were included in the same campaign a few days ago: Rolando Torres-Vega, with convictions for arson and burglary; Andrey Aleman-Cordero, convicted for amphetamine trafficking; and Ángel Ramírez-Castillo, arrested with a history of attempted murder and aggravated assault.
In Miami-Dade County, Cubans accounted for approximately 29% of those detained by ICE between August 2025 and September 2026, with 131 arrests out of a total of 451.
The DHS maintains a public page at wow.dhs.gov where it regularly updates profiles of detainees as part of this campaign, which the Trump administration presents as the largest mass deportation operation in the history of the country.
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