U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has confirmed an illegal alien and MS-13 gang member from Honduras has been deported after serving prison time for murder and robbery.
ICE detained Jose Jairo Rivas-Santiago on June 16, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. In 2019, he was arrested and later convicted of first-degree murder and robbery with a gun in Richmond, Virginia.
Despite a 2012 final removal order, MS-13 gang member and Honduran criminal illegal alien Jose Jairo Rivas-Santiago was arrested by ICE HSI Richmond in 2019 and sentenced to 30 years for FIRST-DEGREE MURDER and ARMED ROBBERY.
✈️ICE took custody of him upon his release from… pic.twitter.com/sOth7trMXF
— U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (@ICEgov) July 5, 2026
Rivas-Santiago was deported on June 25, ICE said on Sunday.
“Despite a 2012 final removal order, MS-13 gang member and Honduran criminal illegal alien Jose Jairo Rivas-Santiago was arrested by ICE HSI Richmond in 2019 and sentenced to 30 years for FIRST-DEGREE MURDER and ARMED ROBBERY,” the agency said in a social media post.
🚨ILLEGAL ALIEN AND MS-13 GANG MEMBER ARRESTED BY @ICEGOV IN VIRGINIA.
Jose Jairo Rivas-Santiago, from Honduras, was convicted in 2021 of MURDER and ARMED ROBBERY.
This criminal will soon be OUT of our country. https://t.co/eap4G4FG7p pic.twitter.com/btcL2jMGS8
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) July 2, 2026
After Rivas-Santiago was sentenced in 2021, ICE submitted a detainer request, local media reported. ICE made the arrest last month after it was notified of his release.
DHS included Rivas-Santiago on its “Worst of the Worst” list the day after he was arrested by ICE.
8 out of 10 Americans SUPPORT @ICEgov law enforcement removing criminals from our country. We will continue to deliver on @POTUS Trump’s mandate from the American people to remove criminals from our communities.
Yesterday, our best of the best ICE officers arrested dangerous…
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) June 17, 2026
