02/10/2017
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Denaturalization lawsuit filed against alleged human rights abuser originally from El Salvador residing in North Texas
SHERMAN, Texas — The United States has filed a civil action against a 54-year-old Plano, Texas, man accused of unlawfully procuring his U.S. citizenship.
This action was announced by Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston, Eastern District of Texas. This case was investigated by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Division’s Office of Immigration Litigation District Court Section, and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
Arnoldo Antonio Vasquez, a native of El Salvador, is alleged to have concealed and misrepresented his involvement in the extra-judicial killing of 10 civilians in San Sebastian, El Salvador, in September 1988, when he was an officer in the Salvadoran military. Vasquez was previously identified by then-Vice President Dan Quayle in a list of Salvadoran soldiers responsible for these killings. Vasquez concealed his involvement in the San Sebastian killings throughout his immigration and naturalization proceedings. Vasquez was naturalized as a U.S. citizen Jan. 13, 2005.
https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/denaturalization-lawsuit-filed-against-alleged-human-rights-abuser-originally-el
