Matiys Coco/Sudan/Larceny, Terroristic Threat

ICE agents apprehended Matiys Coco in Lincoln, Nebraska. The Sudan illegal alien faces charges of larceny, terroristic threat.

The charges carry serious criminal penalties under state law and, for illegal aliens, simultaneously trigger federal immigration enforcement. Coco’s arrest has initiated both a state criminal prosecution and a federal removal proceeding that will move forward on an independent timeline, with outcomes determined separately.

Coco has been placed in federal immigration detention and is scheduled to appear before a Department of Justice immigration judge. If ordered removed, Coco would be deported to Sudan.