News from January 2023
By Press release submission | Jan 18, 2023
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Santa Teresa port director Tony Hall II was formally sworn into office this morning at a CBP Field Operations change of command ceremony.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 18, 2023
News Release: Today, the House Republican Steering Committee selected the Republican members who will serve on the House Committee on Agriculture for the 118th Congress. Following the announcement, Rep. Glenn “GT" Thompson, Chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture, issued the following statement...
By Press release submission | Jan 18, 2023
Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a wanted fugitive at the I-35 checkpoint.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2023
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - Today, Johnnie Leeanozg Davis, 36, from Montgomery, Alabama, was sentenced to 315 months in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Sandra J. Stewart. The judge also ordered Davis to serve three years of supervised release following his prison sentence. There is no parole in the federal system.
By Press release submission | Jan 18, 2023
– U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to Del Rio Sector arrested three convicted sex offenders, shortly after they illegally entered the United States.
By Press release submission | Jan 18, 2023
Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to the Laredo South Station apprehended a convicted sex offender in Rio Bravo, Texas.
By Press release submission | Jan 18, 2023
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has updated the directive on Emergency Driving and Vehicular Pursuits after an extensive review of the agency’s pursuits
By State Newswire | Jan 18, 2023
Release: Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Request for Statements of Interest: Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence Program (TFGBV) Globally.
By Press release submission | Jan 18, 2023
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced today its Winter 2023 Virtual Career Expo, scheduled for Jan. 25.
By Press release submission | Jan 18, 2023
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.
By Press release submission | Jan 18, 2023
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.
By Press release submission | Jan 18, 2023
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.
By Press release submission | Jan 18, 2023
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.
By Press release submission | Jan 18, 2023
A San Antonio man was sentenced in federal court Jan. 10 to 17 years in prison for cyberstalking, extortion and distribution of child pornography.
By Press release submission | Jan 18, 2023
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.
By Press release submission | Jan 18, 2023
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.
By Press release submission | Jan 18, 2023
Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Detroit removed an unlawfully present foreign fugitive wanted for sexual abuse of a minor in his home country of Mexico.
By Press release submission | Jan 18, 2023
An Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) deportation officer assigned to the U.S. Marshals Service’s San Diego Regional Fugitive Task Force assisted in the arrest of a man wanted for various sex and financial crimes.
By Press release submission | Jan 18, 2023
The Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) El Paso field office removed two undocumented noncitizen fugitives wanted in El Salvador, Jan. 6 – one is wanted for homicide and the other for human trafficking.
By Press release submission | Jan 18, 2023
Two Venezuelan nationals wanted by law enforcement authorities in Mexico for human trafficking and sex exploitation were turned over to Mexican law enforcement authorities Dec. 28, by officers with Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Miami.
