A man taken into custody Wednesday, after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents stormed a South Burlington home, was not the person they were seeking, according to federal authorities.
The man was seized at the single family home amid protests after an hourslong standoff.
Federal authorities did not make available the identity of the person taken into custody. Two other people who also appeared to be taken into custody from the home and details about them were also not available.
A federal warrant issued Wednesday permitted ICE agents to go into the Dorset Street residence to “effectuate the arrest” of Deyvi Daniel Corona-Sanchez, 24, a Mexican citizen who had recently been residing in South Burlington, according to a press release Thursday morning from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Vermont.
Corona-Sanchez was wanted on a criminal charge of illegally entering the United States after having been previously deported.
Roughly 150 protesters had gathered outside the South Burlington residence Wednesday while authorities worked to obtain the warrant to enter the home. ICE agents stormed the house but did not remove Corona-Sanchez, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said in its release.
“The occupants of the residence were identified, and Corona-Sanchez was found not to be present in the residence,” the release stated. “The arrest warrant for Corona-Sanchez remains active.”
According to the court records, Corona-Sanchez was previously deported in 2022 following his arrest when found wading across the Rio Grande River near Eagle Pass, Texas.
Corona-Sanchez was also arrested in January by the Middlebury Police Department and charged with drunken driving, court records stated. That case is still pending.
The ICE activity in South Burlington began around 7:40 a.m. Wednesday when ICE agents tried to take a man into custody, and that man fled in a vehicle, crashed into several vehicles and then ran away from the scene on foot to the home on Dorset Street, according to South Burlington Police. That pursuit apparently led to the standoff.
ICE agents then obtained the warrant related to Corona-Sanchez, who they believed was that fleeing man and inside the Dorset Street residence, the U.S. Attorney’s Office press release issued Thursday stated.
This story will be updated.
