15 arrests in Milwaukee in 4-day ICE operation that netted 83 statewide

MILWAUKEE -- Fifteen people were arrested in Milwaukee during a four-day U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement initiative in Wisconsin.

According to a news release from ICE officials, the operation ended Monday, Sept. 24, and resulted in arrests in 14 counties:

According to ICE, six women and 77 men were arrested, from the following eight countries: Columbia (one), Guatemala (six), Honduras (two), Mexico (68), Nicaragua (three), Russia (one), Thailand (one) and Vietnam (one).

ICE officials said more than half had prior criminal histories.

Sixteen were immigration fugitives with no previous criminal convictions. Twenty-one others illegally re-entered the United States after having been previously deported, which is a felony punishable by up to 20 years in federal prison.

Below are details from ICE regarding four of those arrested during this operation: