Immigration Officials Arrest Portuguese National Wanted for Murder Charges; Immediately Deported
The Directorate General of Immigration, Ministry of Immigration and Rehabilitation, arrested a Portuguese national with the initials MG (30) in South Jakarta. MG was revealed to be a fugitive in a premeditated murder case in his home country.
MG was apprehended by a joint team from the Directorate General of Immigration and the South Jakarta Immigration Office together with the SES NCB Interpol Indonesia team on Thursday, 5 March. The arrest occurred after immigration intelligence obtained information that MG intended to visit the South Jakarta Immigration Office to handle his immigration documents.
The joint team subsequently conducted close monitoring at the location from early morning. At precisely 10:00 WIB, MG arrived at the South Jakarta Immigration Office and was immediately secured by officers upon completion of administrative procedures as he was preparing to leave the building.
“MG first arrived in Indonesia on 10 June 2025, prior to the issuance of the European Court of Human Rights decision. MG initially used a visit permit valid for two months before subsequently obtaining a limited stay permit as a Remote Worker, which was set to expire on 8 July 2026,” stated Acting Director General of Immigration, Yuldi Yusman, in a statement to journalists on Tuesday, 10 March 2026.
The arrest represented a follow-up to an Interpol Red Notice arrest and detention assistance request issued by the International Relations Division of the Indonesian National Police on 24 February 2026.
According to international police records, MG was involved in a brutal murder case in Algoz, Portugal, in March 2020. He, along with an accomplice, was alleged to have committed premeditated murder against a man with the initials DG in order to obtain compensation money belonging to the victim worth €70,000.
The modus operandi employed was considered exceptionally cruel, including sedation, strangulation, and attempted mutilation of the victim’s body parts to access banking data on the victim’s mobile phone before disposing of the body at sea.
“The security process proceeded smoothly and was conducted orderly. The individual in question has been brought to the Directorate General of Immigration for further investigation and detention. The deportation of MG was carried out on Monday, 9 March 2026,” said Yuldi.