Department of Homeland Security officials are blasting Minnesota authorities after a Mexican illegal alien with a long record of sexual assaults and violence was released after ICE lodged a detainer against him in May.

Eduart Gomez Ochoa, 28, who first entered the United States illegally in November 2000, was arrested on October 24 after a two-day manhunt.

Ochoa is now charged with first-degree burglary and attempted kidnapping for allegedly reaching through a ground-level apartment window in St. Paul last Thursday, grabbing a 21-year-old woman who was cooking near the window, and trying to pull her outside before she kicked and screamed until he fled.

Police recovered a hat and headband at the scene that the victim said belonged to him.

The victim later identified him from a photo lineup.

WATCH:

This criminal alien should have NEVER been released.

Eduart Gomez Ochoa, a Mexican national with a rap sheet a mile long, was recently RELEASED by local officials in Minnesota. Shortly after his release, he reoffended and has been apprehended again.

@ICEGov first lodged a detainer for Gomez Ochoa in May. Minnesota officials should honor this detainer so that this serial sexual assaulter can be finally be deported.

— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) October 28, 2026

In a post on X about the case, DHS wrote, “This criminal alien should have NEVER been released. Eduart Gomez Ochoa, a Mexican national with a rap sheet a mile long, was recently RELEASED by local officials in Minnesota. Shortly after his release, he reoffended and has been apprehended again.”

“ICE first lodged a detainer for Gomez Ochoa in May. Minnesota officials should honor this detainer so that this serial sexual assaulter can be finally be deported,” the post continued.

In May, Ochoa was charged with second-degree criminal sexual conduct, first-degree burglary, and third-degree assault after allegedly entering another apartment in St. Paul through a window and sexually assaulting a girl by sucking on her foot while holding her down.

Ochoa was arrested about ten days later and admitted to assaulting the girl but claimed he had met her at a gas station.

Within days of that arrest, he was also accused of two additional sexual assaults in Maplewood in which he allegedly approached women, groped them, and in one case bit a victim’s face.

Court records and local reporting show he has prior arrests for domestic abuse in violation of a protection order, multiple domestic assaults, felony threats of violence, felony fleeing a police officer, felony burglary, providing a false name, leaving the scene of a collision, dangerous weapons, theft, obstruction, and third-degree assault.

ICE Lodged A Detainer For A Green Card Holder Who Has A Litany Of Arrests For Sexual Assault and Violence In Minnesota

Pour a coffee, cause this is a long one.

Eduart Gomez Ochoa, 28, was arrested on 10/24/26 after a two day manhunt. According to the criminal complaint, Ochoa tried to grab and drag a woman out of her apartment window but fled only after the woman kicked and screamed.

Ochoa is also charged with second-degree criminal sexual conduct, first-degree burglary and third-degree assault in a May incident where it is alleged he broke into an apartment and sucked on an underage girl’s foot.

Ten days later, Gomez Ochoa was arrested Maplewood after two more sexual assaults where police say he snuck up on women and groped them.

Ochoa is wanted in connection to multiple other assaults and has prior charges but was RELEASED by Ramsey County on his own recognizance in September.

A senior @DHSgov official tells @BorderHawkNews that Ochoa is a “criminal alien predator” from Mexico with prior arrests for:
– Domestic abuse in violation of a protection order
– Multiple arrests for domestic assault
– Felony threats of violence
– Felony fleeing of a police officer
– Felony burglary
– Violation of a protection order
– Providing a false name
– Leaving the scene of a collision
– Dangerous weapons
– Threats of violence
– Theft
– Providing false information
– Obstruction of the legal process
– 3rd degree assault causing bodily harm
– Burglary
– Criminal sexual misconduct

Ochoa first illegally entered the United States in November 2000 and became a green card holder when he was 20 years old.

“On May 20, 2026, ICE lodged a detainer with the Ramsey County Jail following Ochoa’s arrest May 17 for burglary, criminal sexual conduct, and fleeing a peace officer, but it was lifted because the jail decided to PROTECT this criminal alien and decline the detainer.”

H/T @CrimeWatchMpls

— Wid Lyman (@Wid_Lyman) October 28, 2026

DHS said ICE first lodged a detainer on May 20, three days after his arrest.

Instead of complying, Hennepin County released him on September 30 while he still faced the May sexual assault charges.

Ramsey County officials said they were “surprised and disappointed” by the release after they had agreed two days earlier to transfer him to Hennepin on an outstanding warrant.

St. Paul police later issued a public safety alert, which they canceled only after his October 24 arrest.

CBS News reports, “Court records show Gomez Ochoa made his first court appearance on Monday in connection with Thursday’s incident. At the hearing, a judge set his bond at $150,000.”

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