ICE arrests Azerbaijan national with multiple criminal convictions including animal cruelty, arson

ICE arrests illegal immigrant from Azerbaijan with multiple convictions including animal cruelty and drug crimes. Suspect remains in federal custody.

Rafael Vladimirovi Sarkisyan, of Azerbaijan, was arrested by ICE Los Angeles Nov. 25. (ICE)

ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT ACCUSED OF GRABBING ICE OFFICER'S TASER WHILE SHOUTING 'ALLAHU AKBAR' DURING ARREST

It is unclear when he arrived in the country or where he entered.

The U.S. Department of State issued a travel advisory on May 21 advising U.S. travelers to exercise increased caution in Azerbaijan "due to terrorism."

President Donald Trump, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, left, and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan display the peace agreement they signed Aug. 8 in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)

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President Donald Trump was praised in August for a U.S.-brokered peace accord which ended three decades of war and hostility in the South Caucasus.

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