Escobar had been arrested in North Carolina in July 2011 for driving under the influence. It is unclear why he was released at that time since, as ICE stated on Wednesday, Honduras had filed an arrest warrant for him in 2005...
Since taking office, the Donald Trump administration has tasked the agency with taking a more aggressive approach to apprehending criminal aliens than did the Obama administration.
Escobar was booked into the Wake County detention center and remains in custody. He now has an ICE detainer against him and will be extradited back to Honduras, where he will face charges for the murders.