DHS claims detained immigrants on Friday are the ‘worst of the worst’

Amid three days of protests after the ICE raids in Los Angeles, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the names of 11 undocumented immigrants detained during Friday’s ICE’s operation, all of them with an alleged criminal history. 

The list included nine Latinos, one Vietnamese and one Filipino. DHS called them “the worst of the worst," stating that some of them are murderers, sex offenders and violent criminals. 

Their names and crimes are the following:

Cuong Chanh Phan, a 49-year-old undocumented immigrant from Vietnam. His alleged criminal history includes a conviction for second degree murder and was sentenced to 15 years to life.

Rolando Veneracion-Enriquez, a 55-year-old undocumented immigrant from the Philippines. His alleged criminal history includes burglary in Ontario, CA with a sentence of four years in prison, sexual penetration with a foreign object with force and assault with intent to commit rape in Pomona, CA with a sentence of 37 years in prison. 

Angeles Lionel Sanchez-Laguna, a 55-year-old undocumented immigrant from Mexico. His alleged criminal history includes discharging a firearm at an inhabited dwelling and vehicle in Orange with a sentence of 365 days in jail, battery on spouse or cohabitant in Orange with a sentence of four years of probation, willful cruelty to child in Orange with a sentence of four years of probation, driving under the influence in Orange with a sentence of ten days in jail, assault with semi-automatic firearm in Orange with a sentence of three years in prison, and personal use of a firearm in Orange with a sentence of three years in prison.

Armando Ordaz, a 44-year-old  undocumented immigrant from Mexico. Ordaz’s alleged criminal history includes sexual battery in Los Angeles with a sentence of 135 days of jail and five years of probation, receiving known or stolen property in Norwalk with a sentence of 90 days in jail and three years of probation, and petty theft in Los Angeles with a sentence of 365 days in jail and four years of probation.

Francisco Sanchez-Arguello, a 38-year-old undocumented immigrant from Mexico. Sanchez-Arguello's alleged criminal history includes arrests for grand theft larceny and possession of a prohibited weapon.

Jose Gregorio Medranda Ortiz, a 42-year-old undocumented immigrant from Ecuador. His alleged criminal history includes conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more cocaine while on board a vessel in Tampa, FL, with a sentence of 135 months in prison.

Victor Mendoza-Aguilar, a 32-year-old undocumented immigrant from Mexico. His alleged criminal history includes a conviction for possessing unlawful paraphernalia in Pasadena with a sentence of 112 days jail, possessing controlled substances in Pasadena with a sentence of 16 months in jail, assault with a deadly weapon: not firearm in Pasadena with a sentence of four years in prison; and obstructing a public officer in Pasadena with a sentence of 364 days in jail.

Delfino Aguilar-Martinez, a 51-year-old undocumented immigrant from Mexico. Aguilar-Martinez's alleged criminal history includes assault with a deadly weapon with great bodily injury in Los Angeles with a sentence of 365 days in jail. 

Jose Cristobal Hernandez-Buitron, 43-year-old undocumented immigrant from Peru. Hernandez-Buitron's alleged criminal history includes a conviction for robbery that resulted in a 10-year sentence.

Jordan Mauricio Meza-Esquibel, 32-year-old illegal alien from Honduras. His alleged criminal history includes arrests for distribution of heroin and cocaine and domestic violence.

Jesus Alan Hernandez-Morales, a 26-year-old illegal alien from Mexico. His alleged criminal history includes conspiracy to transport an illegal alien in Las Cruces, NM with a sentence of 239 days in jail.