Brazilian national arrested for fatal strangulation in Massachusetts

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Federal authorities have arrested Flavio Alcantara Dias, a 43-year-old Brazilian national, in connection with the fatal strangulation of a woman in her Massachusetts home. According to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Dias is an illegal immigrant who entered the United States in April 2019.

The Department of Homeland Security stated that an immigration judge terminated Dias’s immigration hearings in October 2024 due to a technicality, which resulted in his release despite a criminal history that included arrests for DUI and aggravated assault.

Note: One portion of the reporting mentions a separate incident involving Salvadoran national Alexis Antonio Cedillos-Campos, who faces premeditated murder charges for the stabbing of Carmen Lizet Puch in Fairfax County, Virginia.

Entities

Carmen Lizet Puch · Department of Homeland Security · Flavio Alcantara Dias · Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Massachusetts

Sources

Salvadoran illegal immigrant allegedly killed Virginia co-worker when she exposed affair to girlfriend: witness [offthepress.com]

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Alexis Cedillos-Campos Accused of Stabbing Carmen Puch Over Affair [internewscast.com]

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Suspect in Custody in Fatal Strangling of Massachusetts Woman Identified as Brazilian Undocumented Immigrant [internewscast.com]

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A love triangle and a witness: New details in Great Falls, Va. stabbing death [wtop.com]

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Suspect in custody for strangling Massachusetts woman to death in her home is Brazilian illegal immigrant [www.foxnews.com]

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