Alleged member of Cuba's Ministry of the Interior arrested by ICE agents in Miami

A antheral has been arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents for being an alleged cause of Cuba’s Ministry of the Interior and being successful the U.S. illegally.

According to a quality merchandise from ICE, Daniel Morejon Garcia, a 57-year-old Cuban national, was arrested astatine his location successful Miami and taken into custody by ICE, the FBI and U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Officials said the probe centered connected fraudulent claims helium allegedly made erstwhile entering the country.

During the investigation, officials said instrumentality enforcement agents obtained authoritative Cuban authorities documents and "credible root information" indicating that Morejon Garcia had failed to disclose his affiliations.

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Daniel Morejon Garcia, a 57-year-old Cuban national, was taken into custody by ICE, the FBI and U.S. Customs and Border Protection astatine his location successful Miami, ICE officials said Monday. (X/@HSI_Miami)

"Morejon Garcia failed to disclose his rank successful ​the Cuban Communist Party," HSI Miami wrote successful a post, showing pictures of Morejon Garcia's apprehension connected X.

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Morejon Garcia besides allegedly omitted being an cause of Cuba’s Ministry of the Interior successful his migration applications, according to ICE officials.

Additionally, officials said the probe revealed that Morejon Garcia allegedly served arsenic the President of the National Defense Council successful the Artemisa portion of Cuba and was a subordinate of the Rapid Response Brigades.

"These groups, composed of civilians trained and organized by the government, are designed to assistance authorities during incidents of societal unrest, protests, oregon disturbances," the connection from ICE read. 

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An alleged cause of Cuba’s Ministry of the Interior was arrested successful Miami by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for being unlawfully successful the country, officials said. (X/@HSI_Miami)

Authorities besides judge that Morejon Garcia was activated by the Cuban authorities during the island-wide protests connected July 11, 2021. 

"In that role, determination was grounds of Morejon Garcia assaulting protesters arsenic portion of his duties," the connection continued.

Morejon Garcia remains successful ICE custody arsenic helium awaits his removal from the U.S., officials said. 

ICE urges members of the nationalist who person accusation astir suspected quality rights abusers traveling to oregon entering the U.S. to telephone their extremity enactment astatine 866-DHS-2423 (866-347-2434) oregon ​complete the online extremity form.

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In March, a congressman who fled from Cuba successful the 1960s shared a database with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) of radical allegedly tied to the communist authorities who are circumventing U.S. Cuban exile laws.

Rep. Carlos Gimenez, R-Fla., shared the letter, which included a database of Cubans residing successful the U.S. nether assorted humanitarian laws oregon programs that helium and/or pro-Cuban-democracy groups attest are really tied straight to the communist authorities successful Havana, with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

In the letter, obtained by Fox News Digital, Gimenez shared with Noem astir the "presence of agents of the murderous Castro authorities and the Communist Party of Cuba presently residing successful the United States."

Gimenez represents the legislature territory closest to Cuba successful Miami-Dade and Monroe counties. 

Fox News Digital's Charles Creitz contributed to this report. 

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