On April 8, Alicia Cervantes published on Facebook
information about a police operation in West Valley. Afterwards, I talked by phone with Lieutenant Justin Hoyal,
Public Information Officer (PIO) for the Unified Police Department (UPD).
The narcotics unit carried out investigations involving
various residences. This included buying methamphetamines at these places. This
morning, April 8, UPD agents executed on three search warrants in Kearns and
West Valley. Thirteen people were detained.
Because of doubts concerning the immigration status of some
of the detained, UPD agents called Immigration and Customs Enforcement
(ICE). Lt. Justin Hoyal said he
did not speak for ICE, but he recognized that ICE took some of the detained
into their custody.
UPD booked two of the detained on charges related to the
methamphetamines. The rest were
released from UPD custody. At
least some of those were released entirely. ICE took custody of the others.
The detentions occurred at the residences or in cars that
fled or were about to flee from the scenes. The police used the parking lot near 4700 South and 4000
West as a place to process the detained.
The businesses at that location were not involved in the operation, and
none of said businesses were under suspicion.
This operation was not a raid initiated by ICE, which joined
only after getting the call from UPD.
Versión en español: http://fronterasinteligentes.blogspot.com/2014/04/la-redada-que-no-fue.html
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