https://www.ice.gov/ ICE Headline News Feed by State en Copyright 2020 Fri, 20 Sep 2024 12:05:37 -0400 Mon, 04 Mar 2024 09:44:45 -0500 https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ero-phoenix-removes-mexican-national-extensive-criminal-history-7th-time Deportation officers with ERO Phoenix removed Jose Inez Garcia-Zarate, 49, a Mexican national who was removed on six previous occasions, via commercial air to Mexico March 1. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ero-phoenix-removes-mexican-national-extensive-criminal-history-7th-time Mon, 04 Mar 2024 09:44:45 -0500 ICE Headline News Feed by State - Arizona https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/arizona-man-sentenced-17-years-sexually-exploiting-14-month-old-relative-following On Aug. 2, 2023, HSI agents notified the Navajo County Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes Apprehension Team that they had discovered Joshuah Cruz Eberhart, 25, of Clay Springs, was distributing child sex abuse material online. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/arizona-man-sentenced-17-years-sexually-exploiting-14-month-old-relative-following Fri, 01 Mar 2024 14:10:54 -0500 ICE Headline News Feed by State - Arizona https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/hsi-phoenix-sends-human-smuggling-driver-prison Dinero Devon Washington, 46, of Phoenix, further pleaded guilty to conspiracy to transport noncitizens on Sept. 7, 2023. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/hsi-phoenix-sends-human-smuggling-driver-prison Tue, 13 Feb 2024 13:26:01 -0500 ICE Headline News Feed by State - Arizona https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ero-phoenix-arrests-10-local-operation The operation targeted 16 unlawfully present foreign nationals and resulted in 10 arrests. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ero-phoenix-arrests-10-local-operation Tue, 06 Feb 2024 09:44:02 -0500 ICE Headline News Feed by State - Arizona https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/hsi-douglas-sends-human-smuggling-coordinator-who-recruited-snapchat-prison-71-months Nathanael Alley Rivera, 23, of Eloy, pleaded guilty on Sept. 6, 2023, to conspiracy charges related to his supervisory role in transporting hundreds of undocumented noncitizens for financial gain. During the first months of the conspiracy, Rivera was on probation for a previous human smuggling conviction. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/hsi-douglas-sends-human-smuggling-coordinator-who-recruited-snapchat-prison-71-months Mon, 29 Jan 2024 16:59:05 -0500 ICE Headline News Feed by State - Arizona https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/child-predator-sentenced-10-years-following-hsi-douglas-local-police-investigation HSI began investigating Victor Francisco Mendez, 35, of Douglas, in June 2023, when the Douglas Police Department received information from the Arizona Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/child-predator-sentenced-10-years-following-hsi-douglas-local-police-investigation Mon, 29 Jan 2024 11:06:51 -0500 ICE Headline News Feed by State - Arizona https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/methamphetamine-distributor-sentenced-11-years-following-hsi-tucson-fbi-case The judge ordered Jesus Hector Lagarda-Gil, 45, of Mexico, to forfeit a 2018 Mazda CX5 automobile and $148,000 in U.S. currency. Lagarda-Gil pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine on Sept. 21, 2023. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/methamphetamine-distributor-sentenced-11-years-following-hsi-tucson-fbi-case Mon, 29 Jan 2024 10:58:49 -0500 ICE Headline News Feed by State - Arizona https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/leader-human-smuggling-organization-pleads-guilty-conspiracy-transport-noncitizens Sentencing for Maria Mendoza-Mendoza aka “La Guera,” 51, of Honduras, is scheduled for April 2 before U.S. District Judge Raner C. Collins. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/leader-human-smuggling-organization-pleads-guilty-conspiracy-transport-noncitizens Fri, 26 Jan 2024 16:37:44 -0500 ICE Headline News Feed by State - Arizona https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/nigerian-national-arrested-connection-inheritance-fraud-scheme-following-hsi-tucson Amos Prince Okey Ezemma, 50, of Lagos, Nigeria, faces federal charges in Miami. His co-defendants, Ezennia Peter Neboh; Kennedy Ikponmwosa; Iheanyichukwu Jonathan Abraham; 44; Emmanuel Samuel, 39; and Jerry Chucks Ozor, 43; all of London, were all arrested in April 2022 by authorities in Madrid and London. Ezemma remained a fugitive until his surrender and arrest. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/nigerian-national-arrested-connection-inheritance-fraud-scheme-following-hsi-tucson Wed, 03 Jan 2024 09:48:32 -0500 ICE Headline News Feed by State - Arizona https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/hsi-yuma-case-results-20-year-old-pleading-guilty-possessing-115-pounds-fentanyl Nathan Hernandez, 20, of Yuma, is scheduled for a sentencing hearing on March 25, 2024, before U.S. District Judge Michael T. Liburdi. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/hsi-yuma-case-results-20-year-old-pleading-guilty-possessing-115-pounds-fentanyl Fri, 15 Dec 2023 13:11:29 -0500 ICE Headline News Feed by State - Arizona https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/hsi-tucson-multiagency-case-sends-drug-trafficker-prison-12-years-possession-firearm Pilar Angel Leon-Beltran, 44, of Sinaloa, Mexico, pleaded guilty to the charges on March 22. He admitted to being in violation of a condition of his supervised release from a previous federal conviction. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/hsi-tucson-multiagency-case-sends-drug-trafficker-prison-12-years-possession-firearm Fri, 15 Dec 2023 12:48:07 -0500 ICE Headline News Feed by State - Arizona https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/hsi-nogales-multiagency-case-results-indictments-malas-manas-leaders-human-smuggling On Nov.29, a federal grand jury in Tucson returned an 11-count indictment against Jorge Damian Roman-Figueroa, Luis Eduardo Roman-Flores, Manuel Jose Bernal, Joel Salazar-Ballesteros and Jesus Armando Gonzalez-Villela, citizens of Mexico, for conspiracy to transport aliens; conspiracy to launder monetary instruments; conspiracy to distribute marijuana, methamphetamine, fentanyl and cocaine; distribution of marijuana, methamphetamine, fentanyl and cocaine; and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/hsi-nogales-multiagency-case-results-indictments-malas-manas-leaders-human-smuggling Thu, 14 Dec 2023 11:47:27 -0500 ICE Headline News Feed by State - Arizona https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/hsi-yuma-case-sends-methamphetamine-smuggler-prison-10-years Jesus Vega Perez, 22, of Casa Grande, was convicted by a federal jury on Jan. 19 of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and importation of methamphetamine. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/hsi-yuma-case-sends-methamphetamine-smuggler-prison-10-years Thu, 07 Dec 2023 11:03:30 -0500 ICE Headline News Feed by State - Arizona https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/hsi-douglas-multiagency-case-results-conviction-human-smuggling-foot-guide-after Jesus Ernesto Dessens-Romero, 27, of Agua Prieta, Mexico, is facing a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison for each of his smuggling convictions and at least five years for bringing undocumented migrants into the country for profit. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/hsi-douglas-multiagency-case-results-conviction-human-smuggling-foot-guide-after Fri, 01 Dec 2023 13:53:22 -0500 ICE Headline News Feed by State - Arizona https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/hsi-tucson-case-sends-bosnian-war-criminal-70-months-federal-prison Sinisa Djurdjic, 50, a citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina, was found guilty by a jury on May 19 after a nine-day trial. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/hsi-tucson-case-sends-bosnian-war-criminal-70-months-federal-prison Thu, 30 Nov 2023 11:08:15 -0500 ICE Headline News Feed by State - Arizona https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/hsi-phoenix-seeks-help-identifying-potential-victims-ex-mma-fighter-arrested-multiple James Bond, of Scottsdale, is a former MMA fighter known as “Underdog” who changed his name from Jaymes Christopher Schulte. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/hsi-phoenix-seeks-help-identifying-potential-victims-ex-mma-fighter-arrested-multiple Wed, 29 Nov 2023 16:18:44 -0500 ICE Headline News Feed by State - Arizona https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/hsi-nogales-border-patrol-case-sends-arizona-man-prison-illegally-transporting Jesus Moises Ruiz Jr., 34, of Rio Rico, pleaded guilty Aug. 31 to one count of transportation of illegal aliens for profit. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/hsi-nogales-border-patrol-case-sends-arizona-man-prison-illegally-transporting Tue, 28 Nov 2023 12:40:21 -0500 ICE Headline News Feed by State - Arizona https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/hsi-douglas-case-sends-woman-12-months-prison-role-social-media-recruiter-human Destiney Rae Montoya, 22, of Phoenix, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to transport illegal aliens for profit on Aug. 16. The offense includes a sentencing enhancement for being a coordinator. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/hsi-douglas-case-sends-woman-12-months-prison-role-social-media-recruiter-human Fri, 17 Nov 2023 17:28:26 -0500 ICE Headline News Feed by State - Arizona https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/hsi-nogales-cbp-case-results-120-month-sentence-man-who-smuggled-fentanyl Gerardo Hernandez, 40, of Tucson, pleaded guilty on May 5 to importation of fentanyl. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/hsi-nogales-cbp-case-results-120-month-sentence-man-who-smuggled-fentanyl Mon, 13 Nov 2023 13:14:45 -0500 ICE Headline News Feed by State - Arizona https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/hsi-tucson-multiagency-case-sends-2-nigerian-nationals-prison-international-scheme According to court documents, Ezennia Peter Neboh, 48, who was sentenced to 128 months of incarceration, was the lead defendant of a group of fraudsters who sent personalized letters to elderly victims in the United States, falsely claiming that the sender was a representative of a bank in Spain and that the recipient was entitled to receive a multimillion-dollar inheritance left for the recipient by a family member who had died years before in Portugal. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/hsi-tucson-multiagency-case-sends-2-nigerian-nationals-prison-international-scheme Fri, 03 Nov 2023 17:52:48 -0400 ICE Headline News Feed by State - Arizona https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/woman-sentenced-10-years-fatal-crash-killed-noncitizens-following-hsi-sells-border Sunshine Michelle Betters, 47, of Tucson, was sentenced to an additional 11 months imprisonment for violating her federal supervised release for a prior conviction for transportation of noncitizens. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/woman-sentenced-10-years-fatal-crash-killed-noncitizens-following-hsi-sells-border Wed, 25 Oct 2023 09:56:58 -0400 ICE Headline News Feed by State - Arizona https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/hsi-tucson-multiagency-investigation-unearths-over-1m-worth-dinosaur-bones-allegedly According to court documents, Vint Wade, 65, and Donna Wade, 67, of Moab, Utah; Steven Willing, 67, of Los Angeles, California; and Jordan Willing, 40 of Ashland, Oregon, committed several felony offenses against the United States by violating the Paleontological Resources Preservation Act. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/hsi-tucson-multiagency-investigation-unearths-over-1m-worth-dinosaur-bones-allegedly Mon, 23 Oct 2023 14:41:40 -0400 ICE Headline News Feed by State - Arizona https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/hsi-douglas-case-sends-online-child-predator-prison-24-years Jeremy Carson Lamb, 39, of Mesa, pleaded guilty on June 13 to one count of attempted production of child pornography. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/hsi-douglas-case-sends-online-child-predator-prison-24-years Thu, 19 Oct 2023 16:26:22 -0400 ICE Headline News Feed by State - Arizona https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/hsi-tucson-multiagency-case-results-truck-driver-charged-attempt-smuggle-over-half The complaint alleges that, on Oct. 4, Oswaldo Lopez-Escobar, of Mexico, was driving a semi-truck and applied for admission into the United States from Mexico at the Mariposa Port of Entry in Nogales. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/hsi-tucson-multiagency-case-results-truck-driver-charged-attempt-smuggle-over-half Mon, 16 Oct 2023 11:13:24 -0400 ICE Headline News Feed by State - Arizona https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/hsi-douglas-case-results-conspiracy-indictments-3-human-smugglers According to the indictment, Saul Parra, Patrick Orozco and Rafael Gamez-Ramirez, all from Tucson, began coordinating human smuggling activity around November 2021. Allegedly, Gamez-Ramirez coordinated with Orozco to purchase a parcel of land located in Bisbee to facilitate the transport of undocumented noncitizens into the United States. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/hsi-douglas-case-results-conspiracy-indictments-3-human-smugglers Thu, 05 Oct 2023 13:31:59 -0400 ICE Headline News Feed by State - Arizona