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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Several individuals living unlawfully in the Houston area have been arrested for illegal reentry into the United States after removal, according to U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
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Two residents of San Antonio have pleaded guilty to charges related to an identity theft scheme involving stolen mail, postal keys, and locks in Corpus Christi.
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A Mexican national has been sentenced to federal prison for his role in a methamphetamine smuggling conspiracy, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei of the Southern District of Texas.
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A 34-year-old member of the 52 Hoover Gangster Crips, Clarence Christopher Chambers, also known as Crazzi Chris, has been sentenced to 35 years in federal prison for sex trafficking young teenage girls.
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A man from San Benito, Texas, has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison and ordered to pay a $50,000 fine for his involvement in a conspiracy that monopolized the transmigrante forwarding agency industry near the Los Indios border.
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A 26-year-old Canadian woman, Grace Kirkness, has been arrested and charged with forcibly assaulting a federal officer at the Houston Contract Detention Facility.
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A 28-year-old man from El Salvador, Ronald Alberto Rivas-Aguilar, has been sentenced to 23 months in federal prison for unlawfully reentering the United States after being removed.
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A Honduran national living in Houston has been sentenced to federal prison for illegally reentering the United States, according to U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
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A 57-year-old man from Harlingen, Texas, has been sentenced to 168 months in federal prison for possessing child sexual abuse material.
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A federal grand jury in Houston has indicted a 34-year-old man, Xavier Edmond, on charges related to the assault of a federal court security officer.
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A total of 473 cases involving immigration and related offenses were filed in the Southern District of Texas from February 20 to 26, as part of ongoing efforts under Operation Take Back America. U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei announced the...
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A Nigerian citizen living illegally in Houston has been sentenced to federal prison for his involvement in a romance scam and business email compromise scheme that defrauded victims of more than $4 million, according to an announcement from U.S....
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A business owner from Victoria, Texas, has been sentenced to federal prison for his role in a money laundering conspiracy.
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Two Mexican nationals have been sentenced to federal prison for reentering the United States without authorization, according to U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei of the Southern District of Texas.
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A federal jury in Corpus Christi has found Ludivina Vasquez-Salinas, a 63-year-old resident of Penitas, guilty of transporting an undocumented immigrant further into the United States.
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A 36-year-old Irish national, Matthew Liam Johnstone, has been extradited from Ireland to Houston and is scheduled to appear in the Southern District of Texas on charges related to child exploitation.
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Federal authorities in the Southern District of Texas have filed 361 cases related to immigration and border enforcement between February 13 and 19, according to U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
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A Houston man has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for laundering proceeds from a large-scale bank fraud scheme, according to U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
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A 50-year-old Honduran national living in Houston has pleaded guilty to unlawfully reentering the United States, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
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A 27-year-old member of the Forum Park Crips gang has been sentenced to nearly 29 years in federal prison for his involvement in a sex trafficking operation targeting teenage girls.