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Recent News About U.S. Immigration And Customs Enforcement
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A Southeast Texas man was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison Jan. 26 for attempting to sell large quantities of cocaine and methamphetamines to undercover law enforcement officials.
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A Detroit man who photographed his sexual assaults of a young child and forced an adult to engage in prostitution was sentenced to life in prison, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Detroit Special Agent in Charge Angie Salazar announced Tuesday.
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Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents arrested a local woman Jan. 23 on criminal charges related to her alleged wire fraud and impersonation of a federal employee.
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Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite, Jr. recognized five special agents and one group supervisor from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) with the Assistant Attorney General’s Award for Exceptional Service Jan. 19 during the 2022 U.S. Department of Justice Criminal Division Assistant Attorney General Awards in Washington, D.C.
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Officers with Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston arrested a noncitizen fugitive with an active arrest warrant in Honduras for human trafficking charges in Manchester, New Hampshire, on Jan. 17.
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Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) New Orleans removed 31-year-old Jose Refugio Mendez Gomez, an unlawfully present Mexican national wanted for homicide in his home country of Mexico.
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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.