Overview
- ICE’s Boston Enforcement and Removal Operations detained Carlos Portugal Gouvea after his criminal case concluded, and he agreed to depart the country voluntarily rather than face deportation proceedings.
- The State Department revoked his J‑1 visa on Oct. 16 following his October arrest, and on Nov. 13 he pleaded guilty to illegal use of an air rifle as other counts were dismissed.
- Police and security reports say he fired a pellet gun outside Temple Beth Zion on or around Yom Kippur, prompting a lockdown, with two shots reported, a car window shattered, a brief struggle with a guard, and a subsequent arrest by Brookline police.
- DHS publicly described the episode as an anti‑Semitic shooting, while synagogue leaders and local authorities said they saw no evidence of a bias motive and noted his claim that he was hunting rats.
- Harvard placed the visiting scholar on administrative leave shortly after the October incident.