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Guatemalan man deported after Tennessee prison release

Sep 7, 2026·Location: Nashville, TN

Country of origin: Guatemala

Guatemalan man deported after Tennessee prison release
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Alberto Ramirez-Diaz, a 39-year-old man from Guatemala, was arrested by ICE on September 1 immediately after his release from the Tennessee Department of Corrections, where he had served a sentence for second-degree child rape. He was removed from the United States on September 7, 2026, and returned to Guatemala. Ramirez-Diaz had previously been deported in 2013 before reentering the country, and was detained again in March 2018, when he received a notice to appear before an immigration judge and was released under an order of recognizance. He was later enrolled in ICE's Alternatives to Detention program but allegedly cut off his GPS ankle monitor, and was rearrested in Homestead, Florida, in November 2019 in connection with sexual assault allegations involving a minor relative.

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Sep 7, 2026—Deported and returned to Guatemala
Sep 1, 2026—Arrested by ICE immediately after release from Tennessee prison
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