LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Federal officers arrested a twice-deported undocumented immigrant at a Las Vegas probation workplace days after a decide sentenced him, the 8 Information Now Investigators have discovered.
Immigration enforcement brokers arrested Victor Martinez-Mendoza at a parole and probation workplace in Las Vegas on Jan. 27, paperwork mentioned. Martinez-Mendoza was on the workplace days after a decide sentenced him to a time period of three years probation on a drug cost.
In Might 2024, staff on the Clark County Detention Heart alerted Immigration and Customs Enforcement that Martinez-Mendoza was of their custody, paperwork mentioned. Las Vegas Metro police had arrested him on home battery costs. Metro police, who runs the jail, will alert ICE if an inmate of their custody is undocumented when they’re in custody for felonies, DUI, home violence-related crimes and theft.
In June 2024, Martinez-Mendoza pleaded no contest. A decide then ordered him to attend home violence counseling, parenting courses and pay a high quality, information mentioned.
Final November, Martinez-Mendoza picked up new costs of possession or possession of a firearm by a prohibited particular person and drug trafficking involving cocaine, information mentioned. A month later, he agreed to plead responsible to a drug possession cost.
On Jan. 22, Clark County District Courtroom Decide Jennifer Schwartz sentenced Martinez-Mendoza to probation with the stipulation he serves a minimum of three years of jail time ought to he violate sure circumstances, information mentioned. Schwartz additionally warned Martinez-Mendoza to adjust to any immigration-related orders.
ICE then arrested Martinez-Mendoza on the probation workplace, paperwork mentioned.
Federal officers beforehand deported Martinez-Mendoza to Mexico twice in 2019, paperwork mentioned. Each occurred below President Donald Trump’s first time period.
Earlier this month, federal Decide Daniel Albregts ordered Martinez-Mendoza detained pending trial.
Although Martinez-Mendoza was in federal custody, a Las Vegas Justice Courtroom decide issued a bench warrant in Martinez-Mendoza’s unique domestic-violence-related case earlier this week as a result of he missed a listening to, information mentioned.
ICE has not responded to repeated requests in regards to the variety of immigration-related arrests in Southern Nevada since Trump started his second time period. The 8 Information Now Investigators beforehand reported ICE deported a 14-time deported undocumented immigrant, although these proceedings started below the prior administration.
