CATO, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — Five workers detained in the immigration raid of a food processing plant last week in Cayuga County have been criminally charged by the federal government for illegal reentry into the United States.
Court documents filed Monday detail cases against five people, all of whom are alleged to have been deported from the United States at least one time before.
- Luis Fernando Morales-‘JornCitizen of Guatemala removed in 2024
- Alex Ben ChipinCitizen of Guatemala removed in 2012 and 2018
- Gregorio Baldemar Ramirez-PerezCitizen of Guatemala removed in 2018
- Francisco Salvador-MoraCitizen of Mexico removed in 2022
- Argentina Juarez-LopezCitizen of Guatemala removed in 2024
The court paperwork details the raid on Thursday as an “execution of a federal search warrant as part of an HSI-led investigation.”
More than 40 people were detained from Nutrition Bar Confectioners in Cato on Thursday. Witnesses say federal agents stormed the facility, using crowbars to enter doors…