YONKERS: An illegal alien from Mexico who had been previously removed twice from the United States for manslaughter and gang assault charges was released back into the public.

GANG MURDER: Feliciano Perez-Bautista, 32, was arrested by the Yonkers Police Department in July on charges of gang assault and causing serious physical injury.

He was additionally charged with manslaughter and intent to cause serious physical injury after his victim died.

ICE lodged a detainer with Yonkers police department, but the request was disregarded and Perez-Bautista was free.

Perez-Bautista and another man, Jorge Arce-Villano, 25, were arrested after authorities said that Effginio Jose Rojas, 37, succumbed to injuries resulting from an attack.

Yonkers Police responded to a parking lot at 15 Park Hill Ave. about 2 a.m. on July 8 for a reported assault and found the Rojas on the ground, unresponsive and bleeding, a YPD press release said.

Major Case Squad detectives interviewed witnesses and reviewed surveillance video, which police said led them to the suspects.
Perez-Bautista, 32, was arrested again by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in White Plains, New York, on November 26th.

ICE previously removed Perez-Bautista from the country in May 2013 and September 2014.

He is currently in ICE custody and waiting to be deported to Mexico.

Detainers are placed on aliens arrested on criminal charges for whom ICE possesses probable cause to believe that they are removable from the United States.

Immigration detainers are “to provide notice of its intent to assume custody of an individual detained in federal, state, or local custody.