U.S. Immigration And Customs Enforcement
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Recent News About U.S. Immigration And Customs Enforcement
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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 offensesHomeland 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.
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A Louisiana man was recently sentenced to more than 21 years in prison for producing child pornography after an investigation by Homeland Security Investigations.
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A lead on a a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement tip line has resulted in the arrest last month in Spain of a foreign national on the Federal Bureau of Investigations' 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list.
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A previously convicted felon was sentenced Jan. 17 to more than five years in federal prison for a firearms violation following a multi-agency investigation by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Corpus Christi; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; and the Brooks County Sheriff’s Office.
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A Mexican national was sentenced Jan. 12 for harboring individuals and possessing firearms following a joint investigation by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), U.S. Border Patrol, and the Cameron County Precinct 4 Constable’s Office.
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An investigation conducted by the Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Washington field office resulted in a seven-year prison sentence for a former Washington resident for his involvement in a conspiracy to distribute and receive child pornography.
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Deportation officers with the Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Baltimore field office apprehended a Dominican national convicted of human trafficking, Jan. 5. ERO Baltimore’s fugitive operations took Miguel Almonte, 42, into custody in Fairmount Heights.
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A San Antonio man was sentenced in federal court Jan. 10 to 17 years in prison for cyberstalking, extortion and distribution of child pornography.
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A Kansas city man was indicted during the week of January 9 for smuggling firearms, ammunition and other firearms accessories from the United States into Mexico following an investigation conducted by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations.
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A 34-year-old citizen of the Dominican Republic pleaded guilty to transporting noncitizens within the United States resulting in two deaths following an investigation by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), U.S. Border Patrol, and the U.S. Marshals Service.