Investigative Post: ICE seeks to deport Buffalo man over traffic tickets

Saul Valverde-Venegas, arrested by federal agents last week on Buffalo’s West Side, once ran a red light and failed to pay some tolls in Florida.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement is seeking to deport a Buffalo man whose only offense appears to be traffic citations.

ICE officers last week arrested West Side resident Saul Valverde-Venegas, a roofing contractor, while he was loading a work truck. For days, ICE refused to explain why.

In a statement Monday evening, an ICE spokesperson described him as “unlawfully” entering the United States more than a decade ago and said he had “since acquired several vehicle and traffic law violations.”