Seven criminal illegal immigrants arrested in Minneapolis by ICE agents

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) arrested seven more criminal illegal immigrants, including “pedophiles, gang members, and drug traffickers” during Operation Metro Surge in Minneapolis.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced its latest “worst of the worst” list Friday, with offenders from Somalia, Venezuela, Ecuador, the Dominican Republic and Guatemala.

“Governor Tim Walz and Mayor Jacob Frey protected these criminals at the expense of Americans’ safety,” DHS Deputy Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement. “President Trump and Secretary Noem have a clear message for criminal illegal aliens: LEAVE NOW. If you don’t, we will find you, arrest you, and deport you.”

Among the arrests were Abdi Gelle Mohamed and Sahal Osman Shidane of Somalia, who DHS said were convicted of sexual abuse of a minor and sexual conduct of a victim between the ages of 13 and 15, respectively.

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Mukhtar Mohamed Ali, also from Somalia, was convicted of robbery and domestic violence, DHS said.

DHS said Andriu Javier Padron-Chacare, of Venezuela, is a member of the Tren de Aragua gang convicted of theft and previously deported.

Job Catani Cardenas of Ecuador was found guilty of domestic assault, and Humberto Disla Sarita, of the Dominican Republic, was convicted of conspiring to import at least 50 kilograms of cocaine, DHS said.

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An illegal immigrant from Guatemala, Ernesto Vides-Cabrera, was convicted of driving under the influence and assault, according to DHS.

The arrests came after DHS said Thursday it had arrested at least a dozen illegal immigrants in Minneapolis, including five Somali nationals, six from Mexico and one from El Salvador.

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The Department of Homeland Security said Friday it arrested seven more criminal illegal immigrants, including “pedophiles, gang members and drug traffickers” during Operation Metro Surge in Minneapolis. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

The Justice Department also filed federal charges this week against Abdimahat Bille Mohamed, 28, a convicted sex offender from Minnesota who allegedly kidnapped and raped a woman he met on Snapchat in September. He was convicted in May in two unrelated sexual assault cases, but a judge did not allow him to serve prison time under a plea agreement.

Greg Norman of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.