Protesters in Boston Accidentally Aid Suspect in Child Rape Case to Avoid Arrest

A Salvadoran national, accused of child rape and residing unlawfully near a school, was apprehended last week. This arrest comes a month after anti-ICE demonstrators thwarted a previous operation by federal authorities aiming to detain him, as reported by Fox News.

On February 12, in Boston—a designated sanctuary city—video captured by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent revealed protestors hurling insults at an agent filming them from within a vehicle.

During this event, ICE was in the process of arresting Walter Roberto Vides-Ortez, who faces charges of child rape in El Salvador, his home country.

ICE agents stationed in East Boston were poised to capture Vides-Ortez but were soon encircled by activists. These individuals used whistles and profanity, accusing the agents of distressing children at a nearby elementary school.

The agents were at Vides-Ortez’s home in East Boston while in their vehicles. They were waiting for him to come out when they were quickly surrounded by activists who blew whistles, cursed at them, and said they were traumatizing children at a nearby elementary school down the street. 

One agitator called the agents a “criminal.”

Their cover was blown, no arrest was made. Fox News Digital has reached out to ICE and the Department of Homeland Security. 

Vides-Ortez was arrested on March 12. An ICE agent told Fox News that Vides-Ortez was living near a school and was on the streets much longer than he should have been, posing a public safety risk. 

He entered the United States illegally through Texas in 2016, the same year El Salvador issued an arrest warrant for him. It is believed he fled to the U.S. to avoid prosecution. 

ICE and Trump administration officials have repeatedly said that ICE is going after illegal immigrants who have committed crimes while in the United States. 

A video taken by one agitator in Minnesota, shows an ICE agent confronting people in St. Paul who he said were honking their car horns and disrupting federal officers as they attempted to take a suspect into custody.

“We’re here to arrest a child sex offender and you guys are out here honking,” the agent says in the video.

“No, we’re press,” someone off-camera responds. “We’re not honking.”

The agent then points to a nearby vehicle.

“That vehicle right there is honking and impeding our investigations while we’re trying to arrest a child sex offender. That’s who you guys are protecting. Insane.”

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