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Recent News About U.S. Immigration And Customs Enforcement
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In late Oct. 2022, a man was sentenced to 42 months in federal prison for smuggling ammunition from the United States into Mexico following an investigation by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Houston Field Office removed an unlawfully present foreign fugitive Wednesday who is wanted in his home country of Mexico for allegedly murdering his fiancée in 2015.
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Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents on Oct. 4, rescued three Guatemalan undocumented noncitizens who were being held for ransom. Their suspected hostage takers were also arrested.
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George Mason University’s Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center (TraCCC) announced the winners of the 2022 Bring Down Counterfeiting Public Policy Hackathon, held Nov. 5 at the Homeland Security Investigations Innovation Lab in Arlington.
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Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigation (HSI) Kansas City Katherine Greer and United States Attorney Steven Russell announced that Omaha residents Carney Turner, 42, and Julisha Biggs, 20, were sentenced Nov. 8, in federal court for a conspiracy to sex traffic minors, following an HSI and joint law enforcement partner investigation.
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Officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Salt Lake City Field Office removed a Mexican citizen wanted by law enforcement authorities in his home country on charges related to drug trafficking.
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A federal grand jury in Wichita returned an indictment charging a Kansas man with one count of sexual exploitation of a child – production of child pornography; three counts of distribution of child pornography; and one count of possession of child pornography, following an HSI joint law enforcement partner investigation.
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On Oct. 26, Warren Evan Jose, 38, was sentenced by United States District Judge Scott H. Rash to 440 months in prison for conspiracy to transport illegal aliens for profit with endangerment during which death resulted; two counts of assault on a federal officer with a dangerous weapon; and two counts of discharge of a firearm during a crime of violence.
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The Federal Law Enforcement Training Accreditation Board celebrated its 20th anniversary Nov. 3 and was recognized by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for its work in training federal law enforcement officers, agents and staff members.
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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.