News from March 2023
By Press release submission | Mar 2, 2023
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers assigned to the World Trade Bridge seized cocaine that totaled over $1,900,000 in street value.
By Press release submission | Mar 2, 2023
A stranded hiker was rescued Friday, by an aircrew from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). CBP’s Air and Marine Operations (AMO) Tucson Air Branch launched a UH-60 aircrew to the Huachuca Mountains south of Sierra Vista after being requested by the Cochise County Sheriff’s Office.
By Press release submission | Mar 2, 2023
US Border Patrol and the Puerto Rico Police Joint Forced for Rapid Action (FURA, in Spanish) apprehended Monday morning 15 non-citizens from Colombia, Haiti and the Dominican Republic after they disembarked from a makeshift wooden vessel near Rincon.
By Press release submission | Mar 2, 2023
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers intercepted the largest seizure in the history of the port with almost $1 million worth of fentanyl and methamphetamine at the Andrade Port of Entry.
By DOL Newswire Report | Mar 2, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor marked the 30th anniversary of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) with an online roundtable discussion and the launch of a new online resource for workers.
By Press release submission | Mar 2, 2023
A Houston man pleaded guilty to several sex trafficking crimes and possession of child pornography Feb. 27 following a Human Trafficking Rescue Alliance investigation conducted by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Houston, the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission and the Houston Police Department.
By Press release submission | Mar 2, 2023
A Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Baltimore investigation resulted in life imprisonment for two members of the notorious MS-13 street gang for their part in a racketeering, murder and extortion conspiracies.
By Press release submission | Mar 2, 2023
A joint investigation involving Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Norfolk, the ATF, the Virginia State Police and the Isle of Wight Sheriff’s Office led to an 81-month prison sentence for Ronald Devon Matthews, 36, of Isle of Wight, Virginia.
By Press release submission | Mar 2, 2023
Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston’s Fugitive Operations Team arrested a Brazilian national on Feb. 21 in Malden.
By Press release submission | Mar 2, 2023
Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Houston, with assistance from ERO Tegucigalpa and the Security Alliance for Fugitive Enforcement (SAFE) Task Force, removed Rufino Garza Monroy, a twice-deported foreign fugitive from the United States on Feb. 24.
By Press release submission | Mar 2, 2023
Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Newark arrested a Brazilian fugitive wanted in Brazil for drug trafficking in Newark on Feb. 15.
By Press release submission | Mar 2, 2023
Officers with Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Denver removed a noncitizen fugitive wanted in Mexico Feb. 21.
By Press release submission | Mar 2, 2023
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) joined the U.S. Department of Justice, the FBI and other Joint Task Force Vulcan partners in announcing the arrest and subsequent indictment charging three of MS-13’s highest ranking leaders on Feb. 23.
By Press release submission | Mar 2, 2023
Officers with Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) El Paso removed an unlawfully present noncitizen wanted for murder and drug trafficking in his home country of Ecuador on Feb. 16.
By Press release submission | Mar 2, 2023
Recording artist Robert Sylvester Kelly, also known as R. Kelly, was sentenced by United States District Judge Harry D. Leinenweber to 20 years in federal prison, 19 of them concurrent with the 30-year sentence previously imposed in the Eastern District of New York Feb. 23.
By Press release submission | Mar 2, 2023
Last week, a federal jury found a local area man guilty of conspiracy to commit hostage taking, conspiracy to transport illegal aliens for profit, and two counts of transportation of an illegal alien for profit, following a probe by Homeland Security Investigation (HSI) Arizona with assistance from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Marana Police Department.
By State Newswire | Mar 1, 2023
Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund (AEIF) 2023 Dominican Republic grant opened on March 1.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 1, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), sent a letter to Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Jennifer Granholm regarding reports that DOE has determined the COVID pandemic began from a lab leak in China.
By State Newswire | Mar 1, 2023
Release: The U.S. Department of State’s Rewards for Justice (RFJ) program, which is administered by the Diplomatic Security Service, is offering a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to the identification or location of al-Shabaab key leader Ali Mohamed Rage.
By State Newswire | Mar 1, 2023
News Release: The U.S. Department of State’s Rewards for Justice (RFJ) program, which is administered by the Diplomatic Security Service, is offering a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to the identification or location of al-Shabaab key leader Ali Mohamed Rage.
