U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement removed Lina Elizabeth Chilel Bail from the United States on July 31.
Chilel, 30-years-old, is wanted in Guatemala for child abuse.
There is no record of the date or location of when she first entered the country. However, on September 30, 2022, Chilel was encountered by the U.S. Border Patrol near McAllen, Texas, and she was taken into custody.
On October 5, 2022, Border Patrol officials released Chilel on an order of recognizance, a document allowing someone to be released from immigration detention while they await a final decision on their deportation case.
On August 30, 2023, ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Houston encountered Chilel at the Harris County Jail after she was arrested for aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury, and an immigration detainer was lodged with the jail. On January 24, Chilel was convicted in the 487th District Court in Houston and sentenced to one year in jail.
The following day, Harris County Jail transferred Chilel into ERO Houston custody, and she was placed into immigration proceedings. On March 20, an immigration judge with the Justice Department’s Executive Office for Immigration Review ordered Chilel removed from the United States to Guatemala.
Chilel appealed that decision to the Board of Immigration Appeals, but on May 30, the Board of Immigration Appeals dismissed her appeal. ICE officers removed Chilel to Guatemala on Wednesday and turned her over to Guatemalan law enforcement authorities.
“Foreign fugitives who flee their own country and illegally enter the U.S. hoping to evade criminal prosecution abroad will find no safe haven here in southeast Texas,” said ERO Houston acting Field Office Director Gabriel Martinez. “Our immigration officers work closely with their domestic and international partners to aggressively track down these threats to public safety and repatriate them to their country of origin to face justice for their alleged crimes.”
Over 10 million illegal aliens have entered the country since the Biden-Harris administration took office.
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