Overview

• Fernando Eduardo Artese was deported to Rome on July 30 following his arrest near Jupiter Beach for driving with an expired license and irregular immigration status.
• U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement held Artese at the Alligator Alcatraz detention center before transferring him to the Krome facility in Miami for final processing.
• The Department of Homeland Security described him as a “criminal foreign national” who overstayed his visa by ten years despite no record of convictions in U.S. or Argentine databases.
• The Italian Consulate in Miami and the embassy in Washington coordinated with officials to arrange his flight home while Italian lawmakers Laura Boldrini and Angelo Bonelli denounced the center’s conditions.
• Fellow Italian detainee Gaetano Cateno Mirabella Costa remains in Krome custody as Italian diplomatic missions continue legal and humanitarian support.