Overview

• The Department of Homeland Security says there is no record of Luis Leon’s green-card appointment or deportation and that his only entry was through a 2015 visa waiver.
• ICE spokesperson Jason Koontz confirmed the agency has no arrest or removal record for a man named Luis Leon at the Philadelphia 41st Street center on June 20.
• The Guatemalan Migration Institute reported it received no individual matching Leon’s name, age or nationality under its deportation agreement with the United States.
• Chilean reporter José María del Pino uncovered a 2019 death certificate for Luis Guillermo Zúñiga León that matches the birth details cited by Leon’s family.
• Leon’s relatives have cut off contact with media as federal and foreign officials publicly refute the original deportation narrative.