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Recent News About U.S. Immigration And Customs Enforcement
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"Suicide Squad" sentenced for trafficking drugs worth over $1.6M following HSI McAllen, federal partner investigation
U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani announced that three people have been sent to prison for conspiracy to import heroin and fentanyl into the United States from Mexico.
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Mexican citizen pleads guilty to firearms smuggling after HSI Del Rio investigation
A Mexican citizen pleaded guilty in federal court March 20 to smuggling firearms and ammunition into Mexico from the United States. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection investigated.
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Southern California man sentenced to over 16 years for trafficking counterfeit fentanyl pills
A Southern California man received a lengthy prison sentence for his involvement in trafficking illicit drugs.
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ERO Newark arrests 2 noncitizens with criminal convictions during nationwide operation
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Newark apprehended two removable noncitizens, one having been convicted of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, and the other convicted of felony endangering the welfare of a child (sexual conduct) during a nationwide enforcement effort from March 4 to March 13.
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HSI Eagle Pass investigation results in 84-month sentence for Ecuadorian citizen for possession of child sexual abuse material
A Ecuadorian citizen was sentenced March 16 to seven years in federal prison for possession of child sexual abuse material following an investigation conducted by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) along with U.S. Border Patrol’s Del Rio Sector.
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ERO San Francisco arrests 8 noncitizens with criminal convictions released on parole or placed on probation during nationwide operation
Officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) San Francisco apprehended eight removable noncitizens identified as having been convicted of attempted murder, murder second degree, domestic violence, rape by force, sexual abuse, sexual exploitation, burglary, unlawful possession or use of a firearm, or drug distribution or trafficking who had been released from incarceration on parole or placed on probation into communities under supervision during a nation-wide enforcement effort from March 4 to March 13.
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ERO New York City arrests 27 criminal noncitizens during nationwide operation
Officers with Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) New York City apprehended 27 removable noncitizens during a nationwide enforcement effort between March 4 and March 13.
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ERO Denver arrests 4 as part of nationwide operation
Officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Denver apprehended four removable noncitizens identified as having been convicted of driving under the influence who had been released from incarceration on parole or placed on probation into communities under supervision during a nationwide enforcement effort from March 4 to March 13.
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ERO Salt Lake City arrests 13 foreign nationals convicted of violent crimes during nationwide operation
Officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Salt Lake City apprehended 13 removable noncitizens identified as having been convicted of assault, arson, burglary, battery, felony lewdness, felony sexual coercion, conspiracy to commit a crime and cruelty to animals during a nationwide enforcement effort from March 4 to March 13.
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ERO Los Angeles arrests 25 noncitizens with criminal convictions during a nationwide operation
Officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) apprehended 25 criminal noncitizens during a nationwide enforcement effort between March 4 and March 13.
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ERO Seattle arrests 3 as part of nationwide operation
Officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Seattle office apprehended three removable noncitizens identified as having been convicted of domestic violence, sexual abuse, or driving under the influence, who had been released from incarceration on parole or placed on probation into communities under supervision during a nationwide enforcement effort from March 4 through March 13.
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ICE arrests 220 noncitizens with criminal convictions during nationwide operation
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) apprehended 220 removable noncitizens during a nationwide enforcement effort between March 4 and March 13.
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ERO Detroit removes fugitive wanted for homicide in Mexico
Deportation officers with Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Detroit removed a Mexican national wanted for homicide in Mexico on March 7.
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HSI investigation leads to guilty verdict for Mexican national found conspiring to distribute drugs
Acting Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Kansas City Taekuk Cho and U.S. Attorney Steven Russell announced that a federal judge found Servando V. Urias, 48, of Mexico, guilty of conspiracy to distribute heroin and cocaine.
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ERO Boston arrests foreign fugitive wanted for forgery charges in Cape Verde
Officers with Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston’s Fugitive Operations Team arrested a 49-year-old unlawfully present Cape Verdean woman in Whitman on March 9.
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ERO St. Paul removes foreign fugitive wanted in Guatemala for homicide
Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) St. Paul removed an unlawfully present noncitizen foreign fugitive wanted in Guatemala for homicide on March 15.
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HSI Arizona investigation leads to takedown of cryptocurrency mixer that processed over $3 billion in unlawful transactions
On March 15, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and other law enforcement agencies participated in the coordinated, large-scale international takedown of ChipMixer, a darknet cryptocurrency "mixing" service
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Iowa man sentenced to 15 years for meth conspiracy following HSI investigation
A court convicted Dustin Coates, 36, of Cherokee, of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, following a joint Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) investigation.
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ERO Houston removes Colombian national with ties to terrorist organization
Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Houston, with assistance from ERO Colombia and the Security Alliance for Fugitive Enforcement (SAFE) Task Force in Colombia, removed Jorge Luis Molina-Hernandez, a 35-year-old Colombian national, from the U.S. on March 13.
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ERO Boston removes convicted foreign fugitive wanted for fraud in Brazil
On March 10, Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston removed an unlawfully present foreign fugitive from the United States convicted of fraud in Brazil.