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Illegal reentrant with prior murder, narcotics convictions sentenced to 100 months in prison following ICE New York investigation

Juan Carlos Padilla Santos, a Dominican national with prior murder and narcotics convictions, was sentenced to 100 months in prison after an investigation by ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations New York uncovered he had illegally reentered the United States despite having been previously deported twice and having been the subject of a third removal order.

53 members of the criminal organization known as Las Farc charged with drug trafficking and firearms violations in San Juan, Puerto Rico

On June 11, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment charging 53 gang members from the municipality of San Juan with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, possession and distribution of controlled substances, and firearms violations.

Ohio man gets multiple life sentences for murdering 3 victims, directing others to dismember & bury 2 of the bodies following ICE HSI criminal investigation

Following a three-week trial in December 2024, a jury found Larry J. Williams, Jr., 44, also known as “J Streets” and “J”, guilty of all 16 counts as charged against him in a second superseding indictment in September 2021.

ICE Baltimore investigation leads to decade-long prison sentence for Prince George’s County man convicted of drug conspiracy

An investigation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement led to the sentencing of Amos Oluremi Nureni, 43, to 10 years in prison followed by four years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.

ICE San Diego case results in indictment of alleged members of major Guatemalan drug trafficking organization

A federal grand jury indictment was unsealed June 13 in San Diego alleging that 13 Guatemalan nationals are part of a Guatemala-based cocaine trafficking organization operating out of La Mesilla and Democracia, Huehuetenango, Guatemala, which is on the Guatemala-Mexico border.
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