Eastchester, NY
Lifestyle
Rally Organized In Westchester For Mother Facing Separation From Family Rally Organized In Westchester For Mother Facing Separation From Family
Rally Organized In Westchester For Mother Facing Separation From Family There will be a rally in Westchester for a Guatemalan mother who took sanctuary in a New York City church and faces separation from her family. Debora Barrios-Vasquez, 32, fled Guatemala in 2005 and has lived in Mamaroneck for years with her two young children, who are both United States citizens. She is now facing deportation by Immigration and Customs Enforcement after taking sanctuary in the St. Paul and St. Andrew Methodist Church in Manhattan. In response, local residents have organized a rally to support Barrios-Vasquez and her family. The rally will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on T…

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by Zak Failla
Fairfield, CT
News
Alien Who Lived In Fairfield County Charged With Illegally Reentering US Alien Who Lived In Fairfield County Charged With Illegally Reentering US
Alien Who Lived In Fairfield County Charged With Illegally Reentering US An illegal alien from south of the border with a history of law enforcement interactions is facing new charges and additional time in prison after attempting to allegedly reenter the country. Miguel Angel Arcos-Vasquez, also known as Dimas Fernando Herrarte, 26, has been indicted in federal court with one count of illegally reentering the U.S. after being deported, John Durham, the United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced this week. Arcos-Vasquez, a citizen of either Mexico or Guatemala - officials are attempting to determine which - and last was known to reside in N…

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by Zak Failla
Fort Lee, NJ
Police & Fire
Palisades Park Painter Sexually Abused Teenage Boy, Authorities Charge Palisades Park Painter Sexually Abused Teenage Boy, Authorities Charge
Palisades Park Painter Sexually Abused Teenage Boy, Authorities Charge A Palisades Park painter sexually abused a 17-year-old boy, said authorities who arrested him. ICE issued a detainer holding Santos Ruiz-Teletor, a 37-year-old Guatemalan national, in the Bergen County Jail regardless of the outcome of a Thursday afternoon detention hearing in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack. Ruiz-Teletor is charged with sexual assault through force or coercion and child endangerment through sexual contact. Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said Ruiz-Teletor was arrested following an investigation by members of his Special Victims Unit and Palisad…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Armonk, NY
News
Suspect Being Held After Amber Alert For Infant Following Death Of Mother Suspect Being Held After Amber Alert For Infant Following Death Of Mother
Suspect Being Held After Amber Alert For Infant Following Death Of Mother Update: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is holding a twice-deported suspect in a 14-month-old upstate boy's disappearance and his mother's death that prompted an Amber Alert on Friday, May 25. Charges have not yet been filed against 25-year-old Alberto Ebavardo Guiterrez-Reyes, an alias for Evarardo Donoteo-Reyes, a Mexican citizen, ICE said in a statement. The baby's mother, Selena Hidago-Calderon of Guatemala, was found dead last week in a wooded area of the farm where she worked and lived with Reyes. Original report: A statewide Amber Alert has been issued for a 14-mont…

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by Joe Lombardi
Armonk, NY
News
State-Wide Amber Alert Issued For Infant After Mother Found Dead State-Wide Amber Alert Issued For Infant After Mother Found Dead
State-Wide Amber Alert Issued For Infant After Mother Found Dead Update: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is holding a twice-deported man suspected in a 14-month-old upstate boy's disappearance and his mother's death that prompted an Amber Alert on Friday, May 25. Charges have not yet been filed against 25-year-old Alberto Ebavardo Guiterrez-Reyes, an alias for Evarardo Donoteo-Reyes, a Mexican citizen, ICE said in a statement. The baby's mother, Selena Hidago-Calderon of Guatemala, was found dead last week in a wooded area of the farm where she worked and lived with Reyes. Original report: A statewide Amber Alert has been issued for a 1…

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by Joe Lombardi
Brookfield, CT
News
New Fairfield Dad Deported To Guatemala After Request To Stay Denied New Fairfield Dad Deported To Guatemala After Request To Stay Denied
New Fairfield Dad Deported To Guatemala After Request To Stay Denied A father from New Fairfield was deported to Guatemala on Wednesday, Jan. 31 after federal immigration officials denied his request to stay in the United States, according to multiple news reports. Joel Colindres illegally came to the U.S. from Guatemala in 2004 and has been living and working here since, according to this report by Connecticut News12. He reportedly was granted an emergency stay of deportation last summer,. Family attorney Erin O'Neil-Baker said Colindres boarded a plane Wednesday to Guatemala. O'Neil-Baker told News12 that Colindres has always cooperated with Immigration an…

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by Jon Craig
Danbury, CT
Politics
Prayer Vigil Held For New Fairfield Man Facing Deportation To Guatemala Prayer Vigil Held For New Fairfield Man Facing Deportation To Guatemala
Prayer Vigil Held For New Fairfield Man Facing Deportation To Guatemala DANBURY, Conn. — Supporters of a New Fairfield man facing deportation held a prayer vigil Monday, according to WLAD.com. Joel Colindres, a married father of two small children, came to the U.S. through Texas and has filed requests for ICE to hear his asylum case for 14 years, WLAD.com reported. Ten human right groups joined his wife Samantha at the vigil for Colindres, who claims he fled religious persecution and death threats in his native Guatemala, WLAD.com reported. Click here to read the full WLAD.com story.

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by Daily Voice
Ossining, NY
Obituaries
Madeline Cecilia McHugh, Longtime Maryknoll Sister Madeline Cecilia McHugh, Longtime Maryknoll Sister
Madeline Cecilia McHugh, Longtime Maryknoll Sister OSSINING, N.Y.-- Sister Madeline Cecilia McHugh died on Jan. 16 at the age of 97. McHugh was a Maryknoll Sister for 78 years. She was born in Elizabeth, N.J. on Nov. 9, 1920 to Mary (Serafin) McHugh and Matthew McHugh. She had two brothers: John and Matthew, Jr. and four sisters: Clare, Mary, Rita and Rose, all who predeceased. McHugh entered the Maryknoll Sisters Community in Maryknoll, NY from Blessed Sacrament Parish in Elizabeth, NJ on June 10, 1939. At her reception into the Congregation, she received the religious name Sister Alma Therese and made her First Profession of Vows on Jan. …

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by Sam Barron
Brookfield, CT
News
Rally Planned To Support New Fairfield Dad Facing Second Deportation Order Rally Planned To Support New Fairfield Dad Facing Second Deportation Order
Rally Planned To Support New Fairfield Dad Facing Second Deportation Order NEW FAIRFIELD, Conn. — Supporters are rallying to help a New Fairfield father of two who is facing a second order to return to his native Guatemala.   A peaceful rally is planned for 11 a.m. Thursday at the Hartford federal building, 450 Main St. in hopes of getting a stay of deportation for Joel Colindres. Colindres, 33, fled death threats in Guatemala in 2004 and is now marked for deportation back to that Central American country on Jan. 31. This is the second time he has faced deportation in the past five months. He was ordered to leave the country last summer but was granted a last-min…

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