Ecuadorian migrant who strangled her baby and dumped him in trash is RELEASED from prison following 12-year stint and immediately transferred to ICE custody: 'The heinousness of her crime cannot be ov
Daily MailAn Ecuadorian woman who served 12 years in prison after admitting to strangling her newborn baby and dumping him in the trash has been released and transferred to immigration detention. Maria Oliva Guaman, 33, was living in New York state as an undocumented migrant when she strangled her days-old son and throwing his body in a recycling container outside a store in Spring Valley in 2013. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Guaman was released on Friday and immediately arrested by Enforcement and Removal Operations officers. 'The absolute heinous nature of the crime cannot be overstated as this woman strangled her newborn baby to death and tossed him in a dumpster,' said ERO New York City Field Office Director Kenneth Genalo. She was released after serving a 12-year sentence Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Guaman was released on Friday and immediately arrested by Enforcement and Removal Operations officers The home where Guaman lived with her daughter in Spring Valley, New York, is pictured above Guaman entered the US illegally sometime before January, 2009, when she was deported to Ecuador.