ICE Orlando Arrests Colombian Drug Lord — Confessed to 29 Murders; Removal Orders Previously Deferred

ICE Homeland Security Task Force agents in Orlando arrested Guillermo Perez Alzate, a Colombian national and former paramilitary leader who admitted to 29 murders. Perez was extradited to the U.S. in 2008, convicted and sentenced to 17 years for cocaine trafficking; immigration judges previously ordered his removal but deportations were deferred in 2016 and again after a 2017 order. The arrest involved multiple agencies (HSI, ERO, CBP, U.S. Marshals, IRS, FDLE), strengthening signals of intensified multi‑agency enforcement against violent transnational criminals.