Immigrant Arrested By ICE After Montgomery Co. Fails To Honor Detainer

An El Salvadoran national was arrested for a second time in two days last week.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Enforcement and Removal Operations took Mario Granados-Alvarado into custody on May 4, a day after he posted bond in Montgomery County relating to another arrest.

According to WJLA-TV, Granados-Alvarado was originally arrested by Montgomery County officers on May 1 after being accused of bringing an AR-15 onto school property -- they found the weapon in the trunk of a blue Mazda that he was driving.

The 18-year-old allegedly broke into a Rockville police car and stole a shotgun, AR-15 rifle and ammunition on April 29.

While Granados-Alvarado was at Montgomery County Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation on May 2, ICE filed an immigration detainer. The detainer instructs enforcement agencies to hold individuals up to 48 hours so they can be transferred into ICE custody.

Rather than abide by the request, Montgomery County officials let the man leave.

According to the Department of Homeland Security databases, U.S. Border Patrol encountered Granados-Alvarado in 2014. Officials determined he had entered the United States from Mexico illegally.

He is currently detained at the Howard County Detention Center in Jessup.