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Laredo Sector Border Patrol apprehends convicted sex offender

Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to the Laredo North Station apprehended a convicted sex offender in Laredo, Texas.


CBP Officers Seize Over $1.9 Million in Cocaine at World Trade Bridge

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers assigned to the World Trade Bridge seized cocaine that totaled over $1,900,000 in street value.


VIDEO RELEASE: AMO Agents Rescue an Australian National from Freezing Conditions in Mountains

A stranded hiker was rescued Friday, by an aircrew from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). CBP’s Air and Marine Operations (AMO) Tucson Air Branch launched a UH-60 aircrew to the Huachuca Mountains south of Sierra Vista after being requested by the Cochise County Sheriff’s Office.


US Border Patrol, FURA Apprehend 15 Non-Citizens after Disembarking in Rincon, Puerto Rico

US Border Patrol and the Puerto Rico Police Joint Forced for Rapid Action (FURA, in Spanish) apprehended Monday morning 15 non-citizens from Colombia, Haiti and the Dominican Republic after they disembarked from a makeshift wooden vessel near Rincon.


CBP Officers Make History with Record-Breaking Fentanyl and Meth Seizure at Andrade Port of Entry

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers intercepted the largest seizure in the history of the port with almost $1 million worth of fentanyl and methamphetamine at the Andrade Port of Entry.


Texas man convicted of sex trafficking, possessing child pornography

A Houston man pleaded guilty to several sex trafficking crimes and possession of child pornography Feb. 27 following a Human Trafficking Rescue Alliance investigation conducted by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Houston, the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission and the Houston Police Department.


HSI Baltimore joint investigation lands 2 MS-13 members in prison for life

A Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Baltimore investigation resulted in life imprisonment for two members of the notorious MS-13 street gang for their part in a racketeering, murder and extortion conspiracies.


HSI Norfolk joint investigation lands felon in prison for more than 6 years for possession of firearms, ammunition

A joint investigation involving Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Norfolk, the ATF, the Virginia State Police and the Isle of Wight Sheriff’s Office led to an 81-month prison sentence for Ronald Devon Matthews, 36, of Isle of Wight, Virginia.


ERO Boston apprehends convicted foreign fugitive wanted for financial fraud

Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston’s Fugitive Operations Team arrested a Brazilian national on Feb. 21 in Malden.


ERO Houston removes twice-deported foreign fugitive wanted in Honduras for homicide

Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Houston, with assistance from ERO Tegucigalpa and the Security Alliance for Fugitive Enforcement (SAFE) Task Force, removed Rufino Garza Monroy, a twice-deported foreign fugitive from the United States on Feb. 24.


ERO Newark arrests Brazilian fugitive wanted for drug trafficking

Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Newark arrested a Brazilian fugitive wanted in Brazil for drug trafficking in Newark on Feb. 15.


ERO Denver removes Mexican fugitive wanted for attempted murder

Officers with Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Denver removed a noncitizen fugitive wanted in Mexico Feb. 21.


Homeland Security Investigations announces indictment of 3 MS-13 leaders on terrorism, racketeering charges

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) joined the U.S. Department of Justice, the FBI and other Joint Task Force Vulcan partners in announcing the arrest and subsequent indictment charging three of MS-13’s highest ranking leaders on Feb. 23.


ERO El Paso removes Ecuadorian fugitive wanted for murder, drug trafficking

Officers with Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) El Paso removed an unlawfully present noncitizen wanted for murder and drug trafficking in his home country of Ecuador on Feb. 16.


R. Kelly sentenced to 20 years following HSI Chicago investigation

Recording artist Robert Sylvester Kelly, also known as R. Kelly, was sentenced by United States District Judge Harry D. Leinenweber to 20 years in federal prison, 19 of them concurrent with the 30-year sentence previously imposed in the Eastern District of New York Feb. 23.


Arizona man convicted of transporting, holding noncitizens hostage following HSI investigation

Last week, a federal jury found a local area man guilty of conspiracy to commit hostage taking, conspiracy to transport illegal aliens for profit, and two counts of transportation of an illegal alien for profit, following a probe by Homeland Security Investigation (HSI) Arizona with assistance from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Marana Police Department.


Legacy’s Shadow: The Keeper’s Lost Grave

Creeping vines and underbrush slowly crawl to cover a light-gray stone slab, attempting to conceal the grave’s resident from the eyes of the world.


Contracting officials: Learn how AbilityOne products and services can support the Coast Guard

Did you know that the AbilityOne community partners with Boeing to make more than 7,000 products?


Coast Guard tests high-tech hearing protection

Chief Warrant Officer 3 Wayne Bush is no stranger to the challenge of conducting inspections amid the high-decibel clatter of an engine room.


Maine refuge stores tons of carbon

Sunkhaze Meadows is the Clark Kent of refuges. Tucked in the Maine woods and accessible only by dirt road, this unassuming, little-known unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System has been quietly providing high-quality wildlife habitat and recreation while moonlighting as a climate superhero.