ICE ERO PHILADELPHIA DEPORTS EX-PIRATES PITCHER FELIPE VAZQUEZ TO VENEZUELA AFTER CHILD SEX CRIMES CONVICTIONS

ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Philadelphia removed Venezuelan national Felipe Javier Rivero Blanco — known professionally as Felipe Vazquez — to Venezuela after a final removal order. He was convicted in Pennsylvania of statutory sexual assault, unlawful contact with a minor, indecent assault of a person under 16, and 10 counts related to child sexual abuse material. The case was ordered removed by an immigration judge in May 2023; ERO later transferred custody and completed the repatriation.