Genfraiyer Rodriguez Mendoza/Venezuela/Larceny

Genfraiyer Rodriguez Mendoza, a Venezuela national living in the country illegally, was taken into custody by ICE agents in Superior, Wisconsin, on charges of larceny.

Arson and property destruction charges carry serious criminal penalties under Wisconsin law and, for illegal aliens, simultaneously trigger federal immigration enforcement. Mendoza’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.

Following the arrest, Mendoza was transferred to federal immigration detention. Removal proceedings before a Department of Justice immigration judge are pending, with Venezuela as the country of removal.