U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas
Recent News About U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas
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Two Alabama residents, Emilio Ramirez Cortes and his son Edgar Emilio Ramirez Diaz, have been charged with smuggling over 300 firearms, along with ammunition and magazines, according to an announcement by U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei for the...
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A Guatemalan national, Daniel Zavala Ramos, also known as Dany ZR, is scheduled to appear in U.S. federal court on charges related to a 2021 tractor-trailer crash in Chiapas, Mexico that resulted in the deaths of more than 50 people and injuries...
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A Cambodian national, Savin Seng, also known as “Two-Face,” has been charged with unlawful possession of a weapon after the fatal shooting of a woman in Victoria, Texas. U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei announced the charges following Seng’s...
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A Mexican national living in Houston without legal status has been charged with assaulting a law enforcement officer, resulting in serious injuries, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
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A major law enforcement operation in Laredo, Texas has led to the arrest of 28 individuals for alleged immigration violations across Webb, La Salle, McMullen, Jim Hogg and Zapata Counties.
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Between September 19 and 25, authorities charged 511 individuals in the Southern District of Texas with immigration and related offenses as part of ongoing border enforcement actions, according to U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
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A 28-year-old Honduran national, Sindi Vanessa Moreno-Flores, has been charged after allegedly attacking and injuring an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer during her arrest in Houston.
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Two Houston men, Derian Joel Caesar and Centel Devon Willis Jr., have been sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for their roles in two armed convenience store robberies.
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A Houston man and woman have pleaded guilty to their roles in an identity theft and business email compromise (BEC) scam, according to U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
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A Mexican national living illegally in Edinburg has pleaded guilty to transporting undocumented immigrants, resulting in a death, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
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A 49-year-old Mexican national living illegally in Houston has been sentenced to 94 months in federal prison for the armed robbery of a local taco truck, according to an announcement by U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
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A Houston man has been sentenced to more than 15 years in federal prison for coercing and enticing a minor and for being a felon in possession of a firearm, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
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A Mexican citizen has pleaded guilty to conspiring to import fentanyl and cocaine into the United States, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
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A Houston man, Jose Antonio Infante, age 22, is facing federal charges for his alleged involvement in two carjackings, one of which resulted in a victim being shot.
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A federal jury in Houston has convicted Tadeo Pedro-Torres, a 21-year-old citizen of Guatemala, for making false statements in an immigration case involving juveniles.
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A pair of Mexican nationals, Juan Carmen Padron Mendez, 29, and Juan Carlos Padron Barron, 23, have been taken into custody after allegedly attacking a Border Patrol agent in Houston.
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A South Texas man has pleaded guilty to possessing nearly 29 kilograms of cocaine with intent to distribute, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
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A woman from Weslaco, Texas, has pleaded guilty to conspiring to possess with intent to deliver more than five kilograms of cocaine.
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Two men have been charged with human smuggling after authorities found 55 undocumented immigrants hidden inside a compartment of a produce trailer, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei for the Southern District of Texas.
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A Corpus Christi man identified as a member of the Tango Blast gang has been sentenced to federal prison for illegally possessing a firearm. U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei announced that Kristian Ariel Garcia, 28, was found guilty after a...