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Immigration entry in 2017 under the Diversity Lottery and the listed prior offenses are confirmed in records.
Available public reporting confirms Mena Mohsen Farez (Mena) Awad, 31, was arrested in Louisville on Jan. 16, 2026, extradited to Nashville and charged with aggravated rape, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and aggravated burglary, and that ICE lodged a detainer. Multiple local news outlets and the Metro Nashville Police Department note prior contacts and a criminal record but do not publish a detailed official record listing the specific prior arrests DHS cites. DHS’s Jan. 30, 2026 statement asserts he “entered the United States in 2017 under the Diversity Lottery program” and lists prior arrests (domestic violence, intimidation, possession of a weapon, violation of a court order, vehicle theft); independent contemporaneous reporting repeats DHS’s claim but I could not locate primary immigration records (e.g., USCIS/CBP entry records, Form I-94/I-485 data, or public court convictions) publicly confirming the 2017 Diversity Visa entry or the full set of prior arrests named by DHS. Because DHS/ICE have access to nonpublic immigration and law-enforcement databases, their assertion may be accurate, but the specific claims are not independently verifiable from available public records as of 2026-01-30.