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Rescue at the Falfurrias Border Patrol Checkpoint
By Homeland Newswire Report | May 28, 2023
Falfurrias Border Patrol agents interdicted the driver of a passenger vehicle attempting to smuggle three people on Sunday evening.
CBP officers apprehend fugitive wanted for murder at Hidalgo International Bridge
By Homeland Newswire Report | May 28, 2023
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the Hidalgo International Bridge apprehended Rigoberto Resendez, a male U.S. citizen from Queretaro, Mexico wanted on an outstanding felony warrant for murder.
CBP EMTs Save Unconscious Woman’s Life at JFK
By Homeland Newswire Report | May 28, 2023
11 minutes felt like an eternity, as U.S. Customs and Border Protection emergency medical technicians administered two doses of Narcan to an unconscious woman outside Terminal 4 at John F. Kennedy International Airport on Wednesday.
San Diego Border Patrol agents report gunfire in two recent incidents
By Homeland Newswire Report | May 28, 2023
In two separate incidents, gunfire was reported by San Diego Sector (SDC) Border Patrol agents patrolling the immediate international border with Mexico.
CBP Issues Tips as Caribbean Summer Travel Starts
By Homeland Newswire Report | May 27, 2023
Agency reiterates prohibition on pork related products from the Dominican Republic due to African Swine Fever
Man sentenced to 30 years in prison for coercion, enticement and possession of child sexual abuse material
By Homeland Newswire Report | May 27, 2023
U.S. District Court Chief Judge Raul Arias Marxuach sentenced Francisco Xavier Ortiz-Colon to 30 years in prison, 10 years of supervised release, and registration as a sex offender for nine counts of production of child pornography, eight counts of coercion and enticement of a minor to engage in sexual conduct, one count of receipt of child pornography, and one count of possession of child pornography. On November 9, 2022, Ortiz-Colon was found guilty of 19 counts of child pornography offenses.
5 Missouri residents sentenced for child exploitation enterprise following joint HSI investigation
By Homeland Newswire Report | May 27, 2023
Springfield man sentenced to life in prison
HSI Charleston personnel recognized for outstanding contributions to law enforcement in West Virginia
By Homeland Newswire Report | May 27, 2023
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of West Virginia recently recognized several members of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Charleston for their work in combating crime in West Virginia. The HSI Charleston special agents and support staff received recognition during two separate ceremonies in Charleston in May 2023.
ERO Boston arrests Jamaican citizen facing drugs, firearms charges
By Homeland Newswire Report | May 27, 2023
Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston arrested an unlawfully present citizen of Jamaica in Charlestown on May 18. The individual is facing multiple local criminal charges including narcotics, firearms and motor vehicle charges.
ERO San Francisco removes felon to Mexico
By Homeland Newswire Report | May 27, 2023
Officers with Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) San Francisco, with assistance from officers with ERO San Diego, removed a felon and foreign fugitive to Mexico on May 4. Robin Salinas Macal, 30, a Mexican national, was removed after having recently served time at the Federal Detention Center in Honolulu for distribution of narcotics.
ERO New York City removes noncitizen to Israel
By Homeland Newswire Report | May 27, 2023
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
By Homeland Newswire Report | May 27, 2023
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
By Homeland Newswire Report | May 27, 2023
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
By Homeland Newswire Report | May 27, 2023
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
By Homeland Newswire Report | May 27, 2023
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
By Homeland Newswire Report | May 27, 2023
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.
Convicted killer gets 30 years for meth trafficking following HSI, federal partner investigation
By Homeland Newswire Report | May 27, 2023
A South Carolina man and Georgia woman were sentenced May 18 for smuggling drugs through McAllen following an investigation conducted by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) with assistance from U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Claims Offices and Helpline Closed Monday in Observance of Memorial Day
By Homeland Newswire | May 27, 2023
News Release: SANTA FE, N.M. -- The Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Claims Offices in Mora, Las Vegas and Santa Fe will be closed on Monday May 29, 2023, in observance of Memorial Day.
Baton Rouge Woman Pleads Guilty to Filing Numerous PPP and EIDL Loan Applications Totaling More than $1 Million and Laundering the Fraudulent Proceeds
By Homeland Newswire | May 27, 2023
News Release: United States Attorney Ronald C. Gathe, Jr. announced that Tiera R. Lands, age 30, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, pled guilty before U.S. District Judge Brian A. Jackson to wire fraud and money laundering in connection with numerous false and fraudulent applications that she filed to obtain funds from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program in 2020 and 2021.
Become a federal employee with the TSA at Orlando International Airport
By Homeland Newswire | May 27, 2023
Release: The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is holding a recruiting event on June 2-3, 2023 to assist individuals interested in an exciting new federal career as a Transportation Security Officer (TSO) at Orlando International Airport (MCO.)