ICE Boston, alongside DEA and ATF agents, arrested Gilberto Avila-Jara, a 64-year-old illegal Ecuadorian national, on April 1 in Lawrence, Massachusetts.
Avila-Jara faces over twenty heinous charges of sex crimes against a minor, including indecent assault and battery on a child under 14, forcible rape of a child, and aggravated statutory rape.
This monster has been preying on America’s children, and yet, thanks to Democrat sanctuary city policies, he was allowed to slip through the cracks for far too long.
According to ICE, Avila-Jara first sneaked into the U.S. near San Ysidro, California, in 1996, only to be deported after an immigration judge ordered his removal.
But like so many emboldened by the left’s refusal to secure our borders, he slithered back into the country undetected, free to wreak havoc. By 2020, Lawrence District Court had charged him with this laundry list of depraved crimes, yet—unbelievably—they refused ICE’s detainer and released him on bail in March 2021.
Why? Because Democrat-run sanctuary cities like Boston prioritize protecting illegal criminals over safeguarding our kids!
“On April 22, 2021, the Essex County Superior Court arraigned Avila for six counts of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14, eight counts of rape of a child with force and eight counts of aggravated statutory rape of a child,” ICE said.
“There are no appropriate words to describe the amount of damage Gilberto Avila-Jara has allegedly done to our Massachusetts community,” said ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston acting Field Office Director Patricia H. Hyde.
“Children are the most precious and most vulnerable members of our communities, and we will do everything in our power to protect them from illegal sex offenders. ICE Boston remains committed to prioritizing public safety by arresting and removing alien sexual predators from New England.”
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem didn’t mince words, torching Boston’s far-left Mayor Michelle Wu, stating, “ICE Boston has arrested an illegal Ecuadoran national charged with more than 20 sex crimes against a MINOR.”
She continued, “Does Boston’s Mayor Michelle Wu think these pedophiles are above the law? Imagine what our ICE officers could do without Sanctuary City policies that protect illegal alien criminals including child predators, murders, and rapists.”
ICE Boston has arrested an illegal Ecuadoran national charged with more than 20 sex crimes against a MINOR.
Does Boston’s Mayor Michelle Wu think these pedophiles are above the law? Imagine what our ICE officers could do without Sanctuary City policies that protect illegal… pic.twitter.com/eHtOIWqgMz
— Secretary Kristi Noem (@Sec_Noem) April 11, 2025
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