Woman who smothered her newborn in 2017 deported by ICE
Despite her original 16-year sentence, Aparicio-Santos appealed and had her prison term reduced to 10 years, DHS officials say.
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A Centereach woman previously convicted of attempting to kill her newborn in September 2017 has been deported by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Soili Xiomara Aparicio-Santos was sentenced to 16 years in prison in 2018 following her conviction.
According to the Department of Homeland Security, an immigration detainer was first lodged against Aparicio-Santos in 2017 after she was arrested by the Suffolk County Police Department.
Authorities say at 33-years-old, she gave birth to a baby boy inside her home and attempted to smother the newborn with a pillow minutes later. A family member who saw what was happening called 911, and the child was later placed into foster care.
Despite her original 16-year sentence, Aparicio-Santos appealed and had her prison term reduced to 10 years, DHS officials say.
Local authorities notified ICE ahead of her release and a second immigration detainer was filed in December 2018 while she was still incarcerated.
ICE officials arrested Aparicio-Santos on April 7. She was deported on April 15.
DHS says Aparicio-Santos is an undocumented immigrant from Honduras who illegally entered the United States in 2014.
That same year, she was issued a final order of removal by an immigration judge.
