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February 10, 2023
|Enforcement and Removal
Daniel Del Rio Sanchez, a 38-year-old Mexican fugitive wanted for robbery, is handed over by ICE officers to Mexican law enforcement authorities Feb. 9 at the Juarez-Lincoln Bridge in, Laredo, Texas. Del Rio has illegally entered the U.S. on 10 occasions.
February 9, 2023
|Human Smuggling/Trafficking
Tobias Penner Peters, 46, piloted an aircraft carrying five undocumented noncitizens on Dec. 30, 2021, and crashed shortly after taking off from the Presidio Airport, according to court documents.
February 9, 2023
|Financial Crimes, Covid-19
Gladstone Njokem, 36, pleaded guilty to federal charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft on Feb. 3, in connection with a scheme to fraudulently obtain more than $1.3 million in Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act unemployment insurance benefits.  
February 9, 2023
|Covid-19
A federal jury convicted Abdul Fatani, 57, of Richmond, Texas, of one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, one count of wire fraud and one count of unlawful monetary transactions (money laundering).
February 9, 2023
|Intellectual Property Rights and Commercial Fraud
U.S. District Judge Roseann Ketchmark sentenced Tabitha Nicole Rodgers, 43, and her husband, Clint Travis Rodgers, 49, in separate appearances. Tabitha Rodgers was sentenced to four years in federal prison without parole. Clint Rodgers was sentenced to one year in federal prison without parole.
February 9, 2023
|Enforcement and Removal
Officers turned over Misael Estrada-Virgin, 37, who has a prior final order of removal, to Mexican authorities at the international boundary at the Stanton Street Bridge in downtown El Paso.
February 8, 2023
|Intellectual Property Rights and Commercial Fraud
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The National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (IPR Center) announced the seizure of approximately 180,000 counterfeit sports-related items, worth an estimated $22.7 million during a joint press conference with the National Football League (NFL).
February 7, 2023
|Enforcement and Removal
ERO Boston officers arrested De-Sales Gomes, who is the subject of an active criminal warrant in Brazil as the result of his drug trafficking conviction in the Judicial Court of Cartagina, Mina Gerais, Brazil, in February 2022.
February 7, 2023
|Cyber Crimes
Mexican American businessman Julio Santamaria, 49, pleaded guilty Feb. 7 after admitting he conspired to sell and use private computer-hacking tools in Mexico and the U.S. to monitor political and business rivals.
February 7, 2023
|Enforcement and Removal
An ERO assessment revealed Condor Vaca legally entered the United States on March 15, 2021, and failed to depart as required. ERO Atlanta officers served him with a Notice to Appear, and he will remain in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody pending removal proceedings.
February 7, 2023
|Human Smuggling/Trafficking
HSI San Antonio Acting Special Agent in Charge Craig Larrabee at the podium providing remarks during the USAO Southern District of Texas boating press conference. He provided information regarding HSI’s role in the investigation that led to the arrest of six suspects.
February 7, 2023
|Enforcement and Removal
Deportation officers from ERO Washington removed Gerson Geovanni Soto-Juarez from the U.S. on Feb. 6. Soto-Juarez is a Salvadoran national wanted in El Salvador for aggravated homicide and illicit association.
February 6, 2023
|Intellectual Property Rights and Commercial Fraud
As the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles gear up for the big game, HSI and its partners are in the final stages of implementing plans to ensure Super Bowl LVII is a safe and secure event. For HSI Arizona, these preparations started over a year ago, when the office first began working alongside its government partners and the NFL to support operations and counterfeit merchandise investigations.
February 6, 2023
|Partnership and Engagement, Human Smuggling/Trafficking
The event, titled “Combatting Human Trafficking in West Virginia: Bringing Our Communities Together for Response, Prevention, Awareness and Action,” enabled HSI Charleston and its law enforcement partners to meet with about 200 teachers, educators, front-line workers, law enforcement partners and other stakeholders to discuss ways to combat human trafficking, specifically addressing the problem throughout the state of West Virginia.
February 6, 2023
|Human Smuggling/Trafficking, Labor Exploitation, Financial Crimes
According to the HSI Norfolk investigation, George William Evans, 68, participated in a conspiracy to harbor, transport, and benefit from the employment of undocumented noncitizens at the commercial laundry business he co-owned.
February 6, 2023
|Human Rights Violators
ICE's HRVWCC, the FBI’s IHRU and the DOJ's Criminal Division’s HRSP joined national and international law enforcement partners and non-governmental organizations today in recognizing the International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM.
February 6, 2023
|Enforcement and Removal
Wilmer Manuel Castro Murillo, 44, was transported from the South Texas ICE Processing Center in Pearsall to San Pedro Sula, Honduras.
February 6, 2023
|Child Exploitation
A judge sentenced Robert Ficzner, 27, of Fishers, Indiana to 13 years in federal prison for distributing child sexual abuse material following a joint investigation between HSI and other agencies.
February 6, 2023
|Enforcement and Removal
Victor Hugo Chimbo-Ilbay is wanted by law enforcement authorities in Ecuador for criminal conspiracy. Chimbo was turned over to Ecuadorian law enforcement officials upon arrival in Ecuador.
February 2, 2023
|Enforcement and Removal
ERO Miami encountered David Jean Charles Pena Melo at the Florida Department of Corrections’ Taylor Correctional Institution in Perry. He was convicted in March 2018 for violations of the Immigration and Nationality Act as a noncitizen for an aggravated felony, a law relating to murder, rape or sexual abuse of a minor.
February 2, 2023
|Narcotics
According to public documents, officials identified William Estuardo Lemus-Lara, aka Humilde, 51, as the leader of a transcontinental criminal organization that moved tons of cocaine from South America via maritime smuggling routes to conspirators in northwest Guatemala and Mexico. Conspirators then smuggled the drugs into the United States.
February 1, 2023
|Enforcement and Removal
Deportation officers with ERO Boston arrested Myrat Mahadev, a 35-year-old citizen of Turkmenistan, in Vermont on Jan. 30. Muhadov, a noncitizen fugitive, had an active arrest warrant in Turkmenistan for charges related to financial crimes.
February 1, 2023
|Narcotics
The sentence stems from Brandon Goodsell’s convictions of possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
February 1, 2023
|Child Exploitation
According to court documents, Albert Douglas Ackley, 60, uploaded and shared 10 files containing child sexual abuse material over a mobile messaging app.
January 31, 2023
|Human Smuggling/Trafficking
Maria Botello-Morales, a 56-year-old Mexican national illegally residing in Houston, pleaded guilty Jan. 30 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas to conspiracy to commit sex trafficking; sex trafficking with force, fraud or coercion; and sex trafficking of a minor.
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