A 13-year-old from Everett arrested by ICE and detained in Virginia will voluntarily return to Brazil, WCVB and WBUR report.
The boy will return to Brazil with an aunt and uncle while his parents continue pursuing asylum in the United States, lawyer Andrew Lattarulo told WCVB.
Lattarulo did not immediately respond to MassLive’s request for further information.
The teenager was arrested by ICE on Oct. 9 and was transferred to a juvenile facility in Virginia after the Department of Homeland Security claimed he had a gun and knife when he was initially detained. The city’s mayor , Carlo DeMaria, however, said at a press conference Oct. 14 that the boy did not have a gun.
DeMaria also told reporters the city’s police department was not the one that notified immigration authorities,

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