ICE New York City arrests illegal alien who facilitated daughter’s sexual abuse

NEW YORK - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested Ecuadorian national Marcia Lorena Bueno Guartatanga May 1. The 38-year-old illegal alien has criminal convictions for acting in a manner to injure a child for allowing her husband to sexually abuse her daughter.

"Whether a perpetrator, conspirator or facilitator - depraved, predatory actions against children should not be tolerated by the public and will not be tolerated by this field office. What makes this situation even more unfathomable is the mother's role in the victimization of her daughter," said ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations New York City acting Field Office Director William P. Joyce. "ICE remains committed to prioritizing public safety by arresting and removing aliens who violate children in the most abhorrent manner."

Bueno entered the United States on an unknown date and at an unknown location without admission or parole by an immigration official. On Oct. 8, 2022, Bueno was convicted of an act to injure a child less than age 17 and hindering prosecution in White Plains. She was sentenced to 95 days in prison and three years of probation. She was arrested and indicted for allowing her child to be sexually abused by her husband.

During a targeted operation in Cortlandt, ICE Fugitive Operations officers arrested Bueno without incident pursuant to a warrant of arrest for violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act. She is currently in ICE detention pending removal proceedings.

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