ICE deports man wanted on murder charge in Dominican Republic

NEWARK -- A Dominican Republic man wanted on charges he shot someone to death at a restaurant in his home country was been deported from the U.S. last week, authorities said.

Kelbin Alberto Perez De Los Santos, 36, was arrested in Hackensack in February, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials.

He came to the United States in July 2016 shortly after he killed another person with a shotgun in a dispute at a restaurant in Los Girasoles, according to the U.S. Marshals Service.

He lawfully entered the U.S. before the Interpol National Central Bureau in Santo Domingo issued a notice in August 2016 seeking his arrest.

Last month, an immigration judge ordered that Perez be removed from the U.S. and sent back to the Dominican Republic. He was turned over to Dominican authorities on Thursday.

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