Illegal immigrant from Venezuela wanted for murder arrested in Michigan

Published July 8, 2025 2:23am ET



An illegal immigrant from Venezuela who was suspected of murder while living in his home country was arrested in Michigan. 

Franh Enrique Yonkaiker Machado-Rivas was apprehended by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents from the Gibraltar Border Patrol station in Gibraltar, Michigan. He was stopped by local police officers during a traffic stop last Wednesday and found to have been driving without a license, according to a press release by Border Patrol. Machado-Rivas was wanted by the International Criminal Police Organization for his connection to a murder investigation in Venezuela. 

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