(Havre) Arrests made by Havre Border Patrol earlier this year are now having one of their charges called into question as court proceedings begin to unravel.
On March 4 in Shelby, U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested two Venezuelan men, Kledyber Gabriel Diaz-Rivas and Porfirio Alexander Suarez, as well as Carlos Alexis Ponce-Lopez of Honduras. All three were charged with entering the country illegally.
Chief District Judge Brian Morris in Great Falls dismissed the cases against Suarez and Diaz-Rivas April 9th.
Defense attorney Jennifer Kaleczyc said that the evidence turned over by federal prosecutors against her client, Suarez, does not mention gang affiliation, but worried that the mere allegation might be used to imprison her client under the Alien Enemies Act.
The Alien Enemies Act lists press coverage of arrests of a subject as a member of the Tren de Aragua as a potential criteria of incrimination.
Such coverage was published by New Media Broadcasters, sourced from a statement published by the Havre Border Patrol Sector on Facebook.
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