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Exclusive: Immigration and Customs Enforcement Arrests Illegal Immigrants in New Haven, Connecticut, allegedly Killing Mexicans Law enforcement officers.
Orlando Diaz-Cebada, known as “El Leches”, was taken to ICE Detention Center on June 12, 2025 Connecticut. According to DHS, he is allegedly a member of the Los Pochos gang that works with Sinaloa Cartel.
“Thanks to our brave ICE law enforcement and federal partners, the criminal illegal foreign fugitive who murdered a law enforcement official on the streets of the United States for the murder of a law enforcement official in Mexico,” Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement.
Orlando Diaz-Cebada was arrested by ICE on June 12, 2025 in New Haven, Connecticut. (Division of Homeland Security)
“These are the types of savage crimes illegal foreigners who are brave enough to enforce the law, and their lives are arrested every day.
Diaz-Cebda entered the U.S. illegally in May 2024 and was deported twice by the U.S. Border Patrol as he tried to enter again two days after his first attempt. According to the Department of Homeland Security, it is unclear about his return to the United States, as the department said he was not “checked, acknowledged or parole” Federal authorities.
A document reviewed by Fox News Digital of the Attorney General’s Office in Tlaxcala, Mexico, shows he was wanted in the country to cause serious homicide.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other federal law enforcement agencies arrested more than 80 illegal immigrants, including several with criminal records, during a workplace enforcement operation at a Louisiana Racecourse on June 17. (U.S. immigration and customs enforcement)
The warrant was filed on April 23, 2024 (that is, a month before he came to the United States)
New Haven is considered a sanctuary city. According to WSHU. In April, the Trump administration tried to fail to comply Federal Immigration Law Enforcement.
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“New Haven is a passionate city and we are committed to ensuring that all residents are safely calling police, seeking medical services, sending children to school and accessing critical public services. This is not only the right policy, but the actual policy.”

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, leftist and White House border Tsar Czar Tom Homan at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, January 29, 2025. (Rod Lamkey, Jr./ap photo)
“We need to make sure our police department is working to combat crime, not to direct the federal government’s work. We are very satisfied with this ruling and New Haven will be able to use legal federal funds to further strengthen public safety in our city,” he said. Democrats added.
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Fox News Digital contacts the mayor’s office.
A spokesman for the New Haven Police Department said: “We fully support the efforts of federal partners to arrest this person who has been charged with an outrageous crime and killed a fellow countryman. Although everyone has the right to due process, we firmly support actions to protect our community.”

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