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Recent News About U.S. Immigration And Customs Enforcement
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recognized the Federal Law Enforcement Training Accreditation (FLETA) Board on its 20th anniversary, Nov. 3.
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Federal, state, and local law enforcement partners from across the United States, including Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), executed a nationwide, coordinated takedown Nov. 2 of leaders and associates of a national network of thieves, dealers, and processors for their roles in conspiracies involving stolen catalytic converters sold to a metal refinery for tens of millions of dollars.
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A south Texas man admitted to smuggling noncitizens who were trapped in a travel trailer, following an investigation by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Corpus Christi and the U.S. Border Patrol (BP).
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A southeast Texas man admitted to drug trafficking charges Nov. 1, following an investigation by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Corpus Christi with assistance from the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Corpus Christi Police Department.
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A south Texas man was sentenced to prison for conspiring to transport people in a sealed trailer, following an investigation conducted by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and U.S. Border Patrol, Laredo Sector
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On Sept. 21, a Tucson federal grand jury returned an indictment charging 49 firearms-related offenses against 12 people following a multiagency investigation, which included the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations, the Pima County Sheriff’s Department, and the United States Postal Inspection Service.
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A local man was sentenced in federal court Nov. 1, for his role in a sex trafficking conspiracy that involved four victims, including two teenagers following a Homeland Security Investigation (HSI), joint law enforcement partner investigation.
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An investigation led by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Charleston landed a 55-year-old Logan-area man in prison for child pornography. Raymond Dugan was sentenced on Oct. 27, to four years and six months in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, for accessing with the intent to view prepubescent child pornography.
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On Sept. 15, a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging 51 firearms-related offenses against 10 men, following a multiagency investigation, which included the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), and U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations.
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A Texas woman plead guilty Nov. 2, for illegally smuggling a spider monkey, following an investigation conducted by Homeland Security Investigation (HSI), U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Kingsville Police Department.
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A local man was sentenced to 35 years in prison Oct. 27, based on his criminal convictions for filming himself sexually abusing three children under the age of nine, and then distributing the child pornography to others over the internet, announced Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Detroit Special Agent in Charge Angie Salazar.
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A Phoenix-area man was sentenced Oct. 21 to 188 months in prison for child exploitation offenses following a Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and U.S. Border Patrol investigation.
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An Oklahoma man was sentenced Oct. 27, to 40 years in prison for transporting child pornography that he produced of an 18-month-old infant, and for being a person required to register as a sex offender who committed a felony offense involving a minor, announced Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Chicago Special Agent in Charge R. Sean Fitzgerald.
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As the 2022 World Series presented by Capital One gets underway this week, fans are heading to Houston and Philadelphia to support their teams and purchase officially licensed gear and memorabilia.
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A local man was recently sentenced to 200 months in federal prison for producing child pornography, following an investigation by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) El Paso special agents.
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The mastermind behind one of the largest marriage fraud conspiracies in U.S. history was sentenced to 10 years in prison Oct. 27, in the Southern District of Texas, following an investigation by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Houston, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI).
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A Galveston-area man was sentenced Oct. 26 to more than 14 years in federal prison for receiving and possessing child pornography following an investigation by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Galveston and the Houston Metro Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force.
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Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Kansas City Katherine Greer and Acting United States Attorney Steven Russell announced that Hector Diaz Perez, 26, of Monterey, California, was sentenced on Oct. 21, by United States District Court Judge John M. Gerrard to a term of 83 months’ imprisonment following his conviction for possession of 50 grams or more of methamphetamine actual, with the intent to distribute.
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Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the criminal investigative agency within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), conducted a large-scale enforcement action in Guatemala that led to the execution of 20 arrest warrants and 54 search warrants in Guatemala City, Huehuetenango, and Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, Oct. 24-25.
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A Deming man pleaded guilty Oct. 26, to production and attempted production of child pornography, receipt and attempted receipt of child pornography, and enticement and attempted enticement of a minor.