""The Department of Homeland Security said Thursday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detained the boy last week after local police "contacted federal law enforcement and notified them" the middle schooler had been arrested at a bus stop. Speaking on an El Mundo Boston podcast Thursday, however, Everett Mayor Carlo DeMaria flatly rejected claims that the city collaborated with ICE. "We did not call ICE," he maintained."
""Instead, the agency "immediately" sent Everett police a detainer after the boy's fingerprints were entered into a nationwide database following his Oct. 9 arrest, DeMaria explained. The boy is now being held at the Northwest Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Virginia. With the stated purpose of "setting the record straight," the new DHS statement added further contention to a case that launched Everett into the national debate over the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.""
Federal and local officials presented conflicting accounts after a 13-year-old Brazilian national was arrested in Everett. DHS alleged the boy has ties to a Brazilian crime ring and a string of Massachusetts charges and claimed he showed a handgun to a fellow student and threatened to "shoot and kill" another student. Everett Mayor Carlo DeMaria denied that the city called ICE, saying a detainer arrived after the boy's fingerprints were entered into a nationwide database following his Oct. 9 arrest. Local police reportedly recovered a large knife after a "credible tip" about a violent threat. The boy is being held at a regional juvenile detention center in Virginia.
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