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Former Colombian intelligence officer arrested for fraudulent immigration to US

Javier Alfredo Valle Anaya, a former intelligence agent of a disbanded Colombian intelligence agency, was arrested Oct. 5 by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for immigrating under false pretenses.

The former agent was convicted and wanted in Colombia for the 2004 murders of a sociologist and his bodyguard. ICE’s Human Rights Violators and War Crimes Center is tasked with identifying, locating and prosecuting human rights abusers in the United States and supported the Department of Homeland Security’s New York Document and Benefit Task Force in the case. Homeland Security’s Attaché in Colombia also assisted.

There are currently more than 135 active investigations into suspected human rights violators by the agencies. This particular case will now be litigated by ICE’s New York Office of the Principal Legal Advisor.

Chris Galford

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