News from July 2022
By Press release submission | Jul 11, 2022
Grace Farms Foundation and U.S. Customs and Border Protection Convened Law Enforcement Summit Focused on Post Pandemic Transnational Threats
By Press release submission | Jul 11, 2022
HSI Corpus Christi investigation helps convict Houston man of smuggling 20 undocumented migrants in locked trailer
By Press release submission | Jul 11, 2022
Springfield man pleads guilty to child sexual exploitation following HSI, joint law enforcement partner investigation
By USDA Newswire | Jul 11, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, July 11, 2022 U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Secretary Dr. Jewel Bronaugh administered the oath of office today to 14 USDA employees who will serve American agriculture internationally as members of the Foreign Service.
By Press release submission | Jul 11, 2022
Human smuggler sentenced to 21 years in prison after abandoning Honduran migrant on the side of the road to die
By Press release submission | Jul 11, 2022
HSI Baltimore-led investigation results in breakup of largest known NFT scheme to date
By Press release submission | Jul 11, 2022
HSI Phoenix, multiagency investigation results in lengthy prison sentence for Mexico-based narcotics trafficker

By Homeland Newswire | Jul 11, 2022
News Release: DETROIT, MI - Officials representing key organizations and stakeholders in Michigan and across the country are applauding U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, for leading historic, bipartisan reforms to set the United States Postal Service...

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2022
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that KASSEM HIJAZI, a citizen of Brazil, was extradited to the United States from Paraguay on July 8, 2022. HIJAZI was extradited on charges of money laundering and operation of an unlicensed money transmitting business, for his involvement in a cross-border money laundering operation.
By Press release submission | Jul 11, 2022
New Mexico man sentenced to 14 years in prison for sex trafficking

By Interior Newswire | Jul 11, 2022
There is one release scheduled to be published on July 12.

By Interior Newswire | Jul 11, 2022
News Release: WELLFLEET, Mass. - Cape Cod National Seashore’s Beech Forest Trail in Provincetown will undergo repair and replacement of its elevated boardwalk beginning Monday, July 11. During these repairs, a portion of the trail will be inaccessible to visitors. The project is expected to last up to eight weeks.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 11, 2022
News Release: KINGMAN, Ariz. - The Bureau of Land Management Kingman Field Office has completed an environmental assessment and is seeking public comment on the proposed Antler Operations Inc. Exploration Project. The proposed exploration drilling project is located approximately nine miles east of the intersection of Interstate 40 and Boriana Mine Road near the town of Yucca in Mohave County.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2022
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - On Thursday, Kyle Devan Cachora, 28, of Sells, Arizona, was sentenced by United States District Judge Jennifer G. Zipps to 25 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Cachora previously pleaded guilty to Assault With a Dangerous Weapon.
By State Newswire | Jul 11, 2022
The Senate section of the Congressional Record published “REMOVAL OF INJUNCTION OF SECRECY--TREATY DOCUMENT NO. 117-3” on July 11.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2022
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - A Wilson man was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for possession of a firearm as a convicted felon and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. On April 7, 2022, Cody Allen Driver, 32, pled guilty to the charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2022
News Release: Defendant Admitted to Committing Robberies at Commercial Businesses in Baltimore, Baltimore County, and Anne Arundel County, including at Fast-Food Restaurants, Video Game Stores, Cell Phone Stores, and Discount Stores.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 11, 2022
There is one release scheduled to be published on July 12.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2022
News Release: Greenbelt, Md - U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis sentenced Darick Knighton, age 44, of Alexandria, Virginia, to five years in federal prison, followed by four years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance and distribution of a controlled substance. The sentence was imposed on July 7, 2022.
By State Newswire | Jul 11, 2022
Release: On behalf of the Government of the United States of America, I congratulate the people of South Sudan on eleven years of independence.