Daniel Macias Cruz/Mexico/Aggravated Assault With Weapon

Mexican national Daniel Macias Cruz, a criminal illegal alien, was arrested in Sandstone, Minnesota, after authorities identified him as a previously deported offender with multiple aggravated assault convictions involving weapons. Enforcement summaries from the recent Minnesota operations list Macias Cruz among noncitizens with violent assault histories, specifying that he had committed aggravated assaults with a weapon against non-family victims before being taken into federal custody.​

Following his arrest in Sandstone, Macias Cruz was booked on an illegal reentry charge tied to his return to the United States after those aggravated assault convictions and a prior removal. Officials handling his case are weighing the combination of armed assaults and unlawful reentry as they pursue additional federal penalties and move him through immigration proceedings that are expected to end in his removal from the country.