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Recent News About U.S. Immigration And Customs Enforcement
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On Jan. 19, officers with the Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Harlingen fugitive operations team arrested Carlos Mauricio Zavala, a citizen of El Salvador, in Edinburg.
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As part of its ongoing outreach initiative for Human Trafficking Awareness Month, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New Orleans participated in the Greater New Orleans Human Trafficking Task Force law enforcement symposium Jan. 13.
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A Joplin man pleaded guilty in federal court Jan. 24 to receiving and distributing child pornography following a Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and law enforcement partner investigation.
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Acting Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Kansas City Taekuk Cho and United States Attorney Steven Russell announced that United States District Court Judge John M. Gerrard sentenced Aaron Joseph Kearney, 50, of Lincoln, to 13 years imprisonment for possession of child pornography on Jan. 20
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Acting Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Kansas City Taekuk Cho and United States Attorney Steven Russell announced that a jury found Dalonte Foard, 25, of Omaha, Nebraska, guilty Jan. 24 after a four-day trial in federal court for conspiracy to commit sex trafficking following an HSI and law enforcement partner investigation.
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Homeland Security Investigations El Paso agents arrested a local woman on charges of wire fraud and impersonation of a federal employee after she allegedly misled more than 20 victims while pretending to work for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
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An investigation by Homeland Security Investigations resulted in the conviction of four men for their involvement in an online child exploitation network.
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Homeland Security Investigations personnel were recently recognized by Assistant Attorney General Kenneth Polite Jr. for their transnational investigation targeting child pornography distributors.
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A federal judge sentenced an El Paso man to 160 months in prison Jan. 23 for receiving and distributing a visual depiction involving the sexual exploitation of a minor.
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Officers with Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Denver removed Gerber Membreno-Portillo, 22, a noncitizen fugitive wanted in El Salvador, from the United States Jan. 13.
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Officers with the Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Philadelphia field office removed an unlawfully present foreign fugitive wanted in Mexico for homicide Jan. 11.
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Officers with the Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) San Antonio field office removed an unlawfully present noncitizen foreign fugitive Jan. 17. The noncitizen was wanted in Mexico for attempted femicide and rape.
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HSI Richmond investigation lands Houston resident in prison for narcotics, money laundering offenses
Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Richmond led an investigation that resulted in a 55-month prison sentence for a Houston resident found guilty of drug trafficking and money laundering offenses.
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A federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas sentenced two La Quarenta gang members to prison Jan. 19. The pair ran a large-scale drug trafficking operation in Southeast Texas.
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Following an investigation by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New Orleans, an Iowa, Louisiana man was sentenced to more than 21 years of imprisonment for child exploitation Jan. 13.
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Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) El Paso officers removed an undocumented citizen of Mexico to his home country Jan. 18, where he was wanted in connection with the 2014 abduction of 43 Mexican college students.
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Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Miami, in partnership with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office, arrested Giovanni Radu, a 22-year-old citizen of Italy who entered the United States as a nonimmigrant and violated the terms of his admission. ERO Miami detained Radu in Royal Palm Beach.
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A Mexican fugitive wanted in connection with the 2014 abduction of 43 Mexican college students has been turned over to Mexican authorities.
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Two Texas men who are members of the La Quarenta gang have been sentenced to prison for running a large-scale drug trafficking operation in Southeast Texas.
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A Texas man who was found guilty of narcotics trafficking and money laundering violations received a 55-month prison term following an investigation led by Homeland Security Investigations Richmond.