ICE Arrests Convicted Child Sex Predator Upon His Release From Sing Sing

OSSINING, NY — Federal immigration police say that they have arrested a dangerous child sex predator who was recently released from custody in Westchester County.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Buffalo announced that Salvadoran national Jacobo Argueta Fuentes was arrested on July 23, pursuant to a warrant of deportation upon his release from the NYS Department of Corrections and Community Supervision in Ossining.

According to ICE, the 33-year-old child sexual predator, in the country illegally, has been convicted of seven counts of rape; two counts of using a child in a sexual performance; four counts of sexual abuse; two counts of promoting prostitution; criminal sex act and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child.

"This criminal alien is a vile human who depravedly victimized and sexually exploited innocent children in the state of New York," ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Buffalo Deputy Field Office Director Joseph Freden said. "ICE will not tolerate those who engage in this despicable and horrific behavior against children. We will pursue these loathsome criminals and seek their removal from the United States with the utmost urgency."

Argueta illegally entered the U.S. at an unknown date and location without inspection or admission by an immigration official, ICE said. On March 1, 2019, Argueta admitted to immigration officers at the Riverhead Correctional Facility in Suffolk County that he entered the U.S. by illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border around 2011. He was convicted on Jan. 9, 2020, and sentenced to six years in prison.

ICE lodged an immigration detainer with the NYS Department of Corrections and Community Supervision on May 16, 2023, against Argueta's release from custody.

An immigration judge ordered him removed from the U.S. on Dec. 17, 2024. Argueta is currently in ICE custody pending execution of the deportation order, according to officials.