3 Mexican Men Arrested In Lakewood After Multiple Deportations, ICE Says

LAKEWOOD, NJ — Three men from Mexico have been arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for repeatedly re-entering the United States after being deported, an ICE official confirmed Wednesday.

The three men were arrested Sunday in Lakewood during an ICE Newark immigration enforcement operation, an ICE spokesperson said.

The men arrested were Efrain Zamorano-Camacho, Fernando Rodriguez and Miguel Angel Munguia-Arcos. All three are in ICE custody and are being processed for removal in accordance with U.S. immigration law, the spokesperson said. Their ages were not provided.

According to the ICE statement, Zamorano-Camacho had been removed from the United States twice, in 2013 following a local arrest for marijuana possession, and again in 2018.

Rodriguez was removed in June and October 2011; the reasons for his removal were not provided.

Munguia-Arcos was voluntarily returned to Mexico by U.S. Border Patrol after being arrested for illegally crossing the border on three occasions: March 8, 2004, and twice in October 2022, the statement said.

The three "have shown blatant disregard for U.S. immigration laws by repeatedly reentering the United States," the spokesperson said. "ICE is working tirelessly to combat sanctuary city policies that make a pathway for egregious immigration law violators ordered removed by immigration judges to continue illegally living in our country with complete disregard for federal law."