SOUTHAVEN, Miss. - An El Salvadoran national previously convicted of sexual battery and incest against a minor was taken into custody Wednesday by officers assigned to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Office of Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO). Tomas Landaverde, 43, was arrested by ICE through the Criminal Alien Program, which screens and identifies criminal aliens for removal from the United States based on their criminal convictions. On or about Dec. 12, 2007, Landaverde was arrested for sexual battery and incest in Memphis, Tenn. The victim was a juvenile. On April 14, 2008, Landaverde pled guilty to the charges. On July 31, 2008, the Criminal/Circuit Court of Shelby County, Tenn., found Landaverde guilty of sexual battery and incest and sentenced him to a term of two years and seven months to run concurrently. Landaverde was sentenced to serve his time in a workhouse and was currently reporting to Tennessee probation officials.