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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.
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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.
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A Brazilian national was arrested by local and Enforcement and Removal Operations officials Feb. 21 in Massachusetts hiding from a murder charge.
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A Mexican citizen was sentenced Wednesday in federal court to serve 25 years in prison for his involvement in a criminal organization, following an investigation led by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) with assistance from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the San Antonio Police Department (SAPD).
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An indictment was unsealed Feb. 21 charging six Nigerian nationals — three residing in the United Kingdom and three residing in Spain — with operating a large transnational fraud scheme.
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In mid-February, a federal judge sentenced a Sonora, Mexico man to 51 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for assaulting a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Nogales investigated the case.
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Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Kansas City’s acting Special Agent in Charge Taekuk Cho presented his office’s 2023 Agency Partnership Award to Sheriff Will Akin, who accepted on behalf of the Clay County Missouri Sheriff’s Office on Feb. 10.
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Fugitive Operations Team officers with Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston arrested a Brazilian national wanted in his homeland for aggravated homicide on Feb. 21 in Everett.
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Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) San Diego special agents participated in Operation Better Pathways, a local operation that resulted in multiple arrests related to human trafficking. The San Diego Human Trafficking Task Force led the operation.
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An investigation conducted by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Baltimore resulted in a Maryland man’s 8-year federal prison sentence for human trafficking and drug charges. Adolph Scott, 37, of Baltimore, received the lengthy prison sentence Feb. 15 for transporting an individual to engage in prostitution and for possession with intent to distribute controlled substances.
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A Texas man was arrested Feb. 16 in El Paso on criminal charges related to his alleged bribery of a Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agent.
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), alongside representatives from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York, Smithsonian Institution, the U.S. Department of State, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection conducted a repatriation ceremony hosted by the Yemeni Ambassador returning 77 pieces of stolen cultural property seized by U.S. law enforcement officials to the Republic of Yemen Government.
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Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Houston, with assistance from ERO El Salvador and the Security Alliance for Fugitive Enforcement (SAFE) Task Force, removed Noe David Alvarez Escamilla, a twice-previously deported gang member from the United States on Feb. 17. Alvarez is wanted in El Salvador for aggravated homicide and illegal association.
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A Hudson County, New Jersey, man today admitted that he conspired to possess fentanyl with the intent to distribute, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Ricky J. Patel announced.
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Deportation officers from Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Washington, D.C. arrested a 28-year-old Salvadoran national wanted in his homeland for robbery on Jan. 25.
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Johnson: Four men in Florida ‘allegedly sought to overthrow the Haitian government through violence’Four men were recently arrested in Florida in connection with the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse in July 2021.
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A twice-departed gang member was returned to El Salvador from the U.S. to face charges in three homicides thanks to efforts from Enforcement and Removal Operations Houston, ERO El Salvador and the Security Alliance for Fugitive Enforcement (SAFE).
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A Mexican citizen has been sentenced to nine years in federal prison for conspiracy to import 28 pounds of fentanyl, disguised as tomatoes.
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Seattle Enforcement and Removal Operations officers recently arrested three noncitizens convicted of drug trafficking or possession offenses involving methamphetamine, fentanyl and heroin.
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A Texas man has been sentenced to more than 21 years in federal prison for conspiracy to transport noncitizens resulting in the death of three people.