MALVERN, PA — A 48-year-old Mexican national with an outstanding warrant for rape has been arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Malvern, officials announced Thursday.
Silvestre Herrera-Vasquez was taken into custody on July 28 by ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations Philadelphia, in coordination with Homeland Security Investigations, the IRS, and the ATF. Authorities said Herrera-Vasquez entered the U.S. at an unknown time and had been previously arrested under multiple aliases.
In 2011, he was arrested in Philadelphia under the name “Alex Acosta” for retail theft and was later convicted and fined. A warrant for his arrest was issued by the Philadelphia Police Department on January 10, 2014, under the alias “Marcos Garcia-Reyes” in connection with a strongarm rape.
ICE stated that Herrera-Vasquez will be processed for expedited removal and will remain in custody pending removal proceedings.