DES MOINES, Iowa — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has identified five people arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Iowa during October, including a Mexican national taken into custody in Pottawattamie County with reported convictions for first-degree burglary, drug offenses and illegal re-entry.
In a Nov. 2 news release, DHS highlighted arrests conducted between Oct. 1 and Oct. 22 in Pottawattamie, Polk, Muscatine and Hardin counties.
The agency said those arrested were foreign nationals unlawfully present in the United States with criminal histories involving violent offenses, drug trafficking and impaired driving.
Pottawattamie County Arrest
Among those identified was Manuel Avalos Banderas, a Mexican national arrested by ICE in Pottawattamie County on Oct. 19…