Luis Alvarez was arrested on June 14, days after he helped Leah Lendel and her family during a shark attack in Boca Grande. He's been in custody since his arrest and could face deportation.

Luis Omar Alvarez, 31, has been in Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention at the Collier County Jail since his June 15 first court appearance.

Nantucket beachgoer suffered serious injuries requiring medevac after being bitten by a sandbar shark he caught and trying to ...

BOCA GRANDE, Fla. (WBBH) – A man who is credited with saving a 9-year-old girl when she was bitten by a shark is now facing deportation. Leah Lendel, 9, was bitten by a shark in Boca Grande, Florida, ...

A man who rushed to rescue a nine-year-old girl after a shark attack in Florida is now facing possible deportation.

Luis Alvarez was one of the three men who helped a 9-year-old girl during a shark attack earlier this month in Florida but, ...

On June 9, nine-year-old Leah Lendel was swimming near shore when she was attacked by a shark, which partially severed her hand, her mother, Nadia Lendel, told NBC Miami at the time. "And then she ...

Leah Lendel, 9, recounted moment she was bitten in a shark attack while snorkeling off the Gulf Coast last week near Boca Grande, Florida.

Two shark attacks have reportedly taken place in the same island in South Carolina in one week. According to reports, the ...

The incident in Hilton Head took place less than a week after a child lost her hand during a shark attack off the coast of Florida days earlier. Leah Lendel, 9, was snorkeling with her family in Boca ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WWSB/Gray News) - A 9-year-old who was bitten by a shark a week ago said she didn’t see anything before she was bitten. Leah Lendel shared her story during a press conference at ...