Group V: Ice raid arrest warrants

3:36 update: Woman never ordered English language course.

The Greeley Tribune is reviewing the affidavits of 25 arrest warrants filed Monday afternoon at Weld District Court in connection with an United States Immigration Customs Enforcement raid on Swift & Co. plants in Greeley and other locations. We will post updates of the affidavits in groups of five at a time. These posts will contain excerpts and summaries of some of the affidavits. Here is the fifth group:

• On May 19, 2004, a man claiming to be Leonard Michael Lopez filled out forms identifying him as a citizen with a Colorado I.D., which actually belonged to Aaron Steiger. FTC records show Lopez’s mother, Colorado resident, filed a complaint after she learned someone had used his social security number and his disability benefits were terminated on Feb. 1, 2003. An ICE agent compared a photo of Lopez from his Arizona driver’s license with a photo of the Swift worker and a photo of Steiger. None of them matched.

• On May 12, 2003, a man claiming to be Javier Frias filled out forms identifying him as a citizen with a Kansas I.D. FTC records show Frias is actual a Texas resident and filed a complaint after learning someone at Swift had been using his social security number. An ICE agent compared photos of Frias and the Swift employee and determined they are different people.

• On July 31, 2002, a woman claiming to be Vanessa Caraveo filled out forms identifying her as a citizen with a Colorado I.D. FTC records show Caraveo is actually a Texas resident and filed a complaint after she learned someone used her information to get loans from the Credit Union of Dodge City. Caraveo thinks her information may have been stolen along with her wallet. An ICE agent compared photos of Caraveo with the Swift worker and determined they are different people. Caraveo told an ICE agent she has never lived in Colorado and is about 5 feet 4 inches, weighing 180 pounds. The warrant sought a female who is about 5 feet 1 inch tall and weighs 110 pounds.

• On July 28, 2001, a man claiming to be Valentin Rodriguez filled out forms identifying him as a citizen with Kansas I.D. FTC records show Rodriguez is actually a Texas resident and thinks his information may have been stolen when he lost his wallet. An ICE agent compared photos of Rodriguez and the Swift worker and determined they were different people.

• On Oct. 31, 2001, a woman claiming to be Monica Salazar filled out forms identifying her as a citizen with a Colorado I.D. FTC records show Monica Mora is a Missouri resident and filed a complaint after the IRS told her she had failed to claim all her earnings. An ICE agent compared photos of Mora and the Swift worker and determined they are different people. Mora told and ICE agent Salazar is her maiden name and she has never lived in Colorado. She also said a company called about a year ago and asked her to pay for an English language course she’d never bought.