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Former MLB All-Star Deported To Venezuela

By Danielle

 

Felipe Vazquez, a former pitcher for the Washington Nationals and Pittsburgh Pirates, was “deported to Venezuela earlier this month more than two years after he was convicted of statutory sexual assault, sexual abuse of children, and child pornography and other charges in Pennsylvania,” Fox News reports.

Vazquez, 32, was an MLB all-star in 2018 and 2019.

ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Philadelphia deported Vazquez on December 1st.

“Rivero Blanco’s removal demonstrates ERO Philadelphia’s commitment to protecting U.S. persons from predators regardless of their public persona or status,” ERO Philadelphia Field Office Director Cammilla Wamsley said in a statement, according to Fox News.

“ICE in Philadelphia has deported former MLB All Star pitcher Felipe Vazquez back to Venezuela. He was previously convicted of statutory sexual assault of a minor, sexual abuse of a child, child porn, & other charges in Pennsylvania after he had sex w/ a 13-year-old girl,” Fox News national correspondent Bill Melugin wrote.

Fox News reports:

Officials lodged an immigration detainer notice of action with the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections in November 2021. It was six months after he was convicted of the charges.

The two-time MLB All-Star was sentenced to 2-4 years in prison in August 2021. The sentence included two years of probation.

He was initially charged in September 2019 with statutory sexual assault, unlawful contact with a minor, corruption of minors, and indecent assault of a person younger in connection with an alleged inappropriate relationship he had with a 13-year-old in 2017 who reached out to him on social media.

In November 2019, he was slammed with 21 additional charges after investigators said they found evidence of child pornography on his phone and laptop in connection to the same case…

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