ICE officers have arrested a Guatemalan national charged with assaulting a police officer in Massachusetts, federal immigration authorities said.
Luis Javier Chavez-Galiego, 20, who is in the U.S. illegally, was arrested by ICE officers in Chelsea on Feb. 8, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said in a statement on Friday. He remains in federal custody.
His arrest came after the Chelsea District Court refused to honor a detainer lodged against Chavez-Galiego on Feb. 5, after his arrest in September for assaulting a police officer, and released him from custody, ICE officials said…