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Angel Valdez, a 19-year-old Corpus Christi resident, was convicted April 28 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas of distributing child sexual abuse materials following a multi-national investigation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Corpus Christi Police Department, and law enforcement authorities in Australia.

ICE removed illegally present Mexican national Miguel Saldivar-Moran from the United States to Mexico, April 29. Saldivar has convictions for acting in a course of sexual conduct against a child and criminal sex act among other charges.

Consistent with ICE policy, ERO Miami notified the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the Office of Inspector General, and the ICE Office of Professional Responsibility via the Integrity Coordination Center.

ICE Boston, FBI Boston, DEA New England, and ATF Boston arrested Byron Aroldo Charres-Giron, 41, in Framingham Feb. 3.

Officers with ICE Washington, D.C. and VSP apprehended Wilmer Ramos-Giron, 34, in Chantilly April 24. Additionally, Ramos-Giron illegally reentered the United States twice after having been deported.

ICE arrested David Gonzalez-Gallegos, a 40-year-old criminal alien from Mexico, April 25, following his release from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Huntsville Unit state correctional facility.

The criminal records of those arrested include convictions or charges for 9,639 assaults, 6,398 DWIs or DUIs and 1,479 weapon offenses.

ICE HSI Traverse City special agents and USBP agents from USBP Station Sault Ste Marie assisted in the apprehension of Leocado Hernandez-Garcia, an illegal alien from Mexico who has been removed from the United States twice.

ICE arrested Noel Hernandez Leon, a 50-year-old illegal alien from Mexico, upon his release from the New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision at Fishkill Correctional Facility in Beacon, New York, April 17.

ICE issued a notice of intent to fine three local businesses over $8 million following worksite audits that uncovered widespread employment eligibility violations.

As alleged, Faustin Nsabumukunzi, 65, who was living in Bridgehampton, New York, was a local leader with the title of “Sector Counselor” in Rwanda in 1994 when the genocide began.

Leonardo Estrada, 41, will serve the next 288 months in prison. He pleaded guilty May 22, 2023.

HSI International Operations Deputy Assistant Director Jeff DaRin and PF Director of International Cooperation Felipe Tavares Seixas signed the memorandum of understanding at ICE headquarters in Washington, D.C.

An investigation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Maryland; along with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services; Department of State Diplomatic Security Service and the U.S. Attorney’s Office ​for Maryland, led to federal charges for four individuals — Ella Zuran, 65, Tatiana Sigal, 74, and Alexandra Tkach, 41, of New York City, New York; along with Shawnta Hopper, 33, of Sicklerville, New Jersey — for facilitating visa and marriage fraud.

Officers with ICE Boston arrested Luis Javier Chavez-Galiego, 20, in Chelsea Feb. 8.

ICE arrested illegal Salvadoran national Brayan Eleazar Angulo-Barrios, 26, in Hyattsville, Maryland, April 22, after the Prince Georges County Department of Corrections failed to honor another ICE immigration detainer.

ICE removed a Brazilian fugitive convicted in her native country for aggravated first-degree murder, desecration of a corpse and theft of motor vehicle. Officers with ICE Boston removed Lenaria Aparecida Pereira Sandoval from the United States to Brazil, March 27, and turned her over to Brazilian authorities.

ICE Philadelphia removed Jeovann Anthony Forde, a citizen of Jamaica with a final order of removal, to his home country on March 27.

Officers with ICE Boston arrested Daniel Encarnacion-Sanchez, 20, in Boston Feb. 7.

Julian Canastillo, 23, of Tucson, previously pleaded guilty to six counts of smuggling goods from the United States and one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

A federal grand jury indicted an illegal alien, April 17, for his alleged role in smuggling an unaccompanied alien child to the United States and for allegedly submitting a sponsorship application with false statements to the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Refugee Resettlement to gain custody of the minor after she entered the United States, following an ICE, FBI, investigation.

ICE arrested illegal 23-year-old Guatemalan national Keycy Robinson Alexis Barrera-Rosa, April 5, in La Plata, Maryland. Berrera-Rosa is pending charges for the murder of his girlfriend, Lesbia Mileth Ramirez-Guerra, 23. Ramirez was also a Guatemalan alien.

An investigation conducted by ICE led to the sentencing of Jose Alejandro Belmonte Cardozo, 31, to 18 years in prison for sexually exploiting minors through a popular social media platform.

Officers with ICE Boston and agents with FBI Boston and ATF Boston arrested Oscar Lopez-Perez, 40, April 16 in Brockton. Lopez-Perez has a prior conviction for assault and battery and has been charged with operating a vehicle while under the influence of liquor.