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HSI Eagle Pass investigation results in 84-month sentence for Ecuadorian citizen for possession of child sexual abuse material
By Homeland Newswire Report | Apr 3, 2023
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.
ERO San Francisco arrests 8 noncitizens with criminal convictions released on parole or placed on probation during nationwide operation
By Homeland Newswire Report | Apr 3, 2023
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.
ERO New York City arrests 27 criminal noncitizens during nationwide operation
By Homeland Newswire Report | Apr 3, 2023
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.
ERO Denver arrests 4 as part of nationwide operation
By Homeland Newswire Report | Apr 3, 2023
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.
ERO Salt Lake City arrests 13 foreign nationals convicted of violent crimes during nationwide operation
By Homeland Newswire Report | Apr 3, 2023
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.
ERO Los Angeles arrests 25 noncitizens with criminal convictions during a nationwide operation
By Homeland Newswire Report | Apr 3, 2023
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.
ERO Seattle arrests 3 as part of nationwide operation
By Homeland Newswire Report | Apr 3, 2023
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.
ICE arrests 220 noncitizens with criminal convictions during nationwide operation
By Homeland Newswire Report | Apr 3, 2023
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.
ERO Detroit removes fugitive wanted for homicide in Mexico
By Homeland Newswire Report | Apr 3, 2023
Deportation officers with Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Detroit removed a Mexican national wanted for homicide in Mexico on March 7.
HSI investigation leads to guilty verdict for Mexican national found conspiring to distribute drugs
By Homeland Newswire Report | Apr 3, 2023
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.
ERO Boston arrests foreign fugitive wanted for forgery charges in Cape Verde
By Homeland Newswire Report | Apr 3, 2023
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.
ERO St. Paul removes foreign fugitive wanted in Guatemala for homicide
By Homeland Newswire Report | Apr 3, 2023
Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) St. Paul removed an unlawfully present noncitizen foreign fugitive wanted in Guatemala for homicide on March 15.
HSI Arizona investigation leads to takedown of cryptocurrency mixer that processed over $3 billion in unlawful transactions
By Homeland Newswire Report | Apr 3, 2023
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
Iowa man sentenced to 15 years for meth conspiracy following HSI investigation
By Homeland Newswire Report | Apr 3, 2023
A court convicted Dustin Coates, 36, of Cherokee, of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, following a joint Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) investigation.
ERO Houston removes Colombian national with ties to terrorist organization
By Homeland Newswire Report | Apr 3, 2023
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.
ERO Boston removes convicted foreign fugitive wanted for fraud in Brazil
By Homeland Newswire Report | Apr 3, 2023
On March 10, Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston removed an unlawfully present foreign fugitive from the United States convicted of fraud in Brazil.
HSI Baltimore investigations lead to indictments for 2 men, 6 women in conspiracies to sexually exploit children
By Homeland Newswire Report | Apr 3, 2023
Two Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Baltimore investigations resulted in indictments for two men and six women being for their parts in two separate conspiracies to produce sexually explicit images of children.
Arkansas man sentenced to 33 years for sexually exploiting a minor, possession of child pornography
By Homeland Newswire Report | Apr 3, 2023
A judge in the Western District of Arkansas sentenced a Springdale man to 33 years in prison for production and possession of child pornography on March 10 following an investigation by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New Orleans.
Kentucky man sentenced to 20 years for producing, distributing child sexual abuse material
By Homeland Newswire Report | Apr 3, 2023
Last week, a federal judge sentenced a Kentucky man to 20 years in prison for producing, distributing, receiving and possessing child pornography following a Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Nashville investigation.
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By Homeland Newswire Report | Apr 3, 2023
An investigation conducted by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Norfolk resulted in three Virginians pleading guilty to conspiracy to engage in money laundering between Feb. 21 and March 3. Si Liu, 36, and her codefendants Ye Wang, 32, and Yang Gao, 33, conspired to move and conceal proceeds obtained through prostitution.