Two brothers who were deported after an alleged sexual assault in 2019 and re-entered the country years later are now in correctional institutions in Connecticut.
Luis Macao-Guaman, 38, and Angel Macao, 34, were first arrested in 2019 for allegedly sexually abusing a relative in 2010, according to New Haven Police Department’s (NHPD) Public Information Officer (PIO) Christian Bruckhart in a phone interview and in follow-up communication via email.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers apprehended the two men when they were going to a court hearing in 2019, according to Bruckhart. They were deported, but re-entered the country sometime after that. Then, in 2024, they were re-arrested by NHPD officers.
Inside Investigator could not confirm where they were deported to or when they re-entered the country. ICE’s Field Office in Boston did not respond to questions.
Macao-Guaman was originally charged with a Class B Felony for Illegal Sexual Contact, according to Connecticut’s Judicial Case Lookup. Macao’s arrest and charges are not listed on the portal.
Connecticut Department of Correction (DOC) PIO Andrius Banevicius confirmed that the two brothers are serving five-year prison sentences in separate institutions for Risk of Injury to a Minor—Sexual.
They were last detained in the New Haven Correctional Center on Aug. 12, 2024, and were transferred to the Cheshire Correctional Institute the next day. Macao-Guaman was transferred again to the MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institute two months later, according to the DOC’s website.
The DOC’s website lists their offenses as Class C Felonies.
Since 2019, Connecticut’s Trust Act has prevented state and local law enforcement from cooperating with ICE to deport illegal immigrants, unless the immigrant is convicted of a Class A or B Felony.
Recently, ICE agents have come under fire for apprehending illegal immigrants in or near courts. Four people were arrested in or near the New Haven Courthouse in the past few weeks, according to Bruckhart.
Osber Mirin, 29, was arrested for a traffic violation in 2017. He was arrested again and taken into custody on July 17, 2025, for allegedly sexually assaulting two minors, according to Bruckhart.
Antonio Rodriguez-Jara, 23, was most recently arrested on November 18, 2025, by the Orange Police Department, but transferred to New Haven because he had four outstanding warrants for Assault in the Third Degree, Breach of Peace in the Second Degree, Unlawful Restraint in the Second Degree, and Criminal Violation of a Protective Order, according to Bruckhart.
Finally, Rukhsar Wafa, 35, was arrested four times in 2025 for domestic disputes and faced multiple assault charges, the most significant of which was Assault in the Second Degree, according to Bruckhart.
Information about the most recent person apprehended by ICE, who was arrested on Jan. 20, has not been released to the public.
“The arrests… were made for alleged violations of state law,” Bruckhart wrote in an email. “Arrestees are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court.”
On Monday, Feb. 2, a group of immigration activists surrounded a car that was parked near the courthouse because they believed an ICE agent was inside. At least six people were shouting, blowing whistles, videotaping, and taking photos of the car and the man inside, who was wearing body armor. ICE representatives did not respond to questions about this incident.
“(The NHPD has) little day-to-day communication with ICE as an agency and (has) not been present or assisted in a law enforcement capacity for any of their recent arrests,” Bruckhart wrote. “ICE does not typically alert us to their presence in the city, nor are they required to.”
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