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Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) New York City removed an unlawfully present Israeli foreign national on May 17. The man was convicted multiple times of criminal possession of stolen property.

ERO Boston arrests Guatemalan citizen charged with child rape

Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston arrested an unlawfully present citizen of Guatemala on May 15. The man was recently arraigned by local authorities on multiple counts of aggravated rape of a child.

Man convicted of torture, exporting weapons parts, related services to Iraq

A federal jury convicted a Pennsylvania man on May 19 for numerous crimes, including the 2015 torture of an Estonian citizen in connection with the operation of an illegal weapons manufacturing plant in Iraq’s Kurdistan region.

ICE conducts removal flights May 19

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) conducted multiple removal flights including Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador and Honduras as part of dozens of flights conducted each week.

HSI arrests former Bosnian prison camp supervisor charged with decades-long scheme to conceal wartime involvement

Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New England arrested a Swampscott man charged May 17 for allegedly participating in beatings and other prisoner abuses in Bosnia and Herzegovina, misrepresenting this material fact in his immigration application to come to the United States and, later, to become a U.S. citizen.

Texas woman sentenced for exporting pistols to Mexico after HSI McAllen, federal partner investigation

A Texas woman was sentenced to three years in federal prison on May 18 for exporting firearms and ammunition. The sentence follows a Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) investigation with assistance from U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Boston Coast Guard to kick off National Safe Boating Week

Media interested in attending the press briefing should RSVP to the Coast Guard First District Public Affairs Office at D1publicaffairs@uscg.mil.

Coast Guard San Francisco medevacs passenger from cruise ship

The Coast Guard medically evacuated (medevac) a passenger from the cruise ship, Ruby Princess, near Alcatraz, Wednesday night.

Coast Guard medevacs crewmember near Southwest Pass, Louisiana

The Coast Guard medevaced a crewmember from an offshore supply vessel Wednesday approximately 11 miles southeast of Southwest Pass, Louisiana.

Coast Guard, partner agencies to hold oil spill-boom deployment exercise in Yorktown

Coast Guard, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, Virginia Department of Emergency Management, York County and Accurate Marine Environmental

Coast Guard to kick off National Safe Boating Week

WHO: Coast Guard Maritime Force Protection Unit Kings Bay and Coast Guard Station Mayport crews invite media to attend an event to promote National Safe Boating Week.

At the top of her class

Life as a cadet at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy is not meant to be easy. So, when a student earns a near perfect grade point average and receives two prestigious scholarships to pursue advanced educational opportunities, it is a significant accomplishment to say the least.

Coast Guard hosts proclamation signing event for Safe Boating Week

Coast Guard Sector Honolulu will be hosting an event to mark the start of the 2023 National Safe Boating Week on Friday at Sector Honolulu.

U.S. Coast Guard Academy Commencement

Two-hundred and thirty-five ensigns were graduated

Coast Guard unit set to relocate from Massena to Fort Drum, N.Y.

The Coast Guard is requesting public comments on the planned relocation of a Marine Safety Detachment from Massena to Fort Drum, N.Y.

Coast Guard Sector Virginia to hold National Safe Boating Week media event

Coast Guard 5th District recreational boating safety director and Station Portsmouth personnel

Coast Guard Training Center Cape May to hold Gold Star Memorial Day Sunset Parade

U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Cape May is scheduled to host a Memorial Day Sunset Parade on the training center’s parade field, May 28, at 7:30 p.m.

Coast Guard returns 96 of 102 migrants to the Dominican Republic, following 3 vessel interdictions in the Mona Passage

Coast Guard crews returned 96 of 102 people to a Dominican Republic Navy vessel Tuesday, following three separate interdictions in Mona Passage waters off the west coast of Puerto Rico.

Coast Guard releases summary of 2022 recreational boating statistics

During the National Boating Safety Advisory Committee meeting on May 11, 2023 (NBSAC), the U.S. Coast Guard released a summary of statistics on calendar year 2022 recreational boating incidents, revealing that there were 636 boating fatalities nationwide in 2022, a 3.3 percent decrease from the 658 deaths in 2021.

Coast Guard halts illegal charter in Tampa Bay