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October 20, 2023
|Enforcement and Removal
Luis Hector Montes-Hernandez, 40, was flown from Denver International Airport to San Diego International Airport, where he was escorted by ERO San Diego to the San Ysidro Port of Entry and turned over to the proper authorities in Mexico.
October 20, 2023
|Narcotics
Victor Torres, 28, pleaded guilty before a federal judge for importing cocaine concealed in a car battery. During his plea, Torres admitted he knew he was transporting drugs into United States and that individuals in Mexico recruited him.
October 20, 2023
|Narcotics, Firearms, Ammunition and Explosives
A federal grand jury returned indictments for Jeremiah Pittman, 21; Shamall McDonald, 21; Juan Christian Rodriguez-Luhan, 20; Raeshawn Demond Roberts, 21; Jacob Deshaun Raglin, 24; Javion Lavelle Cooper, 19; Tyson Charae Hawthorne, 21; and Dantawn Richardson, 20, all charged with possession with intent to distribute marijuana and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
October 20, 2023
|Enforcement and Removal
ERO Boston arrested an unlawfully present Brazilian national who, since July 21, has been wanted in Brazil by law enforcement authorities for aggravated homicide of a child under the age of 14.
October 19, 2023
|Enforcement and Removal
Individuals who lack a lawful basis to stay in the United States are ordered removed, consistent with U.S. law – all individuals who are removed have been screened for protection concerns.
October 19, 2023
|Child Exploitation
Jeremy Carson Lamb, 39, of Mesa, pleaded guilty on June 13 to one count of attempted production of child pornography.
October 19, 2023
|Enforcement and Removal
The 35-year-old Guatemalan national, who fled the state of California, was arrested by local police in Waltham after they discovered he was wanted by California authorities for failing to register as a sex offender there.
October 19, 2023
|Enforcement and Removal, National Security
ERO New York City’s Fugitive Operations team arrested the 29-year-old noncitizen without incident outside of 26 Federal Plaza in New York. He will remain in custody, without bond, pending removal proceedings.
October 19, 2023
|Child Exploitation
An investigation conducted by HSI Washington, D.C. resulted in a 97-month federal prison sentence followed by 15 years of supervised release for Raymond Glover, 43, for distribution, receipt and possession of child sexual abuse material.
October 19, 2023
|Child Exploitation
On Oct. 13, special agents from HSI San Juan arrested Matthew John McGlone, a 33-year-old man from the city of Carolina.
October 19, 2023
|Enforcement and Removal
Monteze Leonard Rolle Jr., 21, was flown to the Bahamas and turned over to local authorities.
October 18, 2023
|Enforcement and Removal
Noncitizens, including Venezuelan nationals, who lack a lawful basis to stay in the United States are ordered removed, consistent with U.S. law. In keeping with standard practice, the United States ensures that all noncitizens, including Venezuelan nationals without a legal basis to remain in the United States are properly screened for valid protection claims and withholding of removal in accordance with our laws and U.S. international obligations.
October 17, 2023
|Enforcement and Removal
Individuals who lack a lawful basis to stay in the United States are ordered removed, consistent with U.S. law – all individuals who are removed have been screened for protection concerns.
October 17, 2023
|Enforcement and Removal
ERO Washington, D.C. arrested an undocumented noncitizen charged with felony rape by force, threat, or intimidation; abduction by force; and assault on a family member. Deportation officers from ERO Washington, D.C.’s Mobile Criminal Apprehension Team arrested the Honduran national on Oct. 12 in Herndon, Virginia.
October 17, 2023
|Enforcement and Removal, Organized Crime
Gustavo Ivan Hernandez-Cabral, 24, who had a final order of removal, was turned over to Mexican authorities at the international boundary in downtown El Paso.
October 16, 2023
|Enforcement and Removal, Transnational Gangs
Kevin Castro Garcia, 31, was arrested Oct. 10 and booked into the Davidson County Jail by the Nashville Metro Police Department on criminal homicide charges for the death and burning of a 37-year-old man. On the same day, ERO New Orleans — which covers operations in Tennessee, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi and Alabama — placed a detainer on Castro Garcia.
October 16, 2023
|Narcotics
Francisco Javier Alanis, 40, from Weslaco, Texas, was an assistant city manager in Progreso, Texas. He was also a school board president for the Progreso Independent School District at the time of his arrest. A federal grand jury returned the three-count superseding indictment Oct. 3.
October 16, 2023
|Enforcement and Removal
Melvin Omar Garcia-Lopez, 39, flew from Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada, and arrived in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, via chartered aircraft. Upon arrival in Honduras, Garcia was turned over to the proper authorities.
October 16, 2023
|Enforcement and Removal
The 32-year-old citizen of Pakistan and permanent resident of Brazil was arrested without incident outside his residence in Queens.
October 16, 2023
|Narcotics
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.
October 16, 2023
|Enforcement and Removal
ERO Houston, with assistance from ERO El Salvador and the SAFE Task Force, removed Hilda Mirely Tobias, a 44-year-old unlawfully present Salvadoran fugitive, from the United States on Oct. 13.
October 14, 2023
|National Security
ICE formally assumed chair of the FELEG, on Oct. 14, during a ceremony at the IACP Annual Conference and Exposition in San Diego, California.
October 13, 2023
|Child Exploitation
Gordon Wesley Roughton II, 42, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge M. Douglas Harpool to 17 years in federal prison without parole on Oct. 12.
October 13, 2023
|Enforcement and Removal
Individuals who lack a lawful basis to stay in the United States are ordered removed, consistent with U.S. law – all individuals who are removed have been screened for protection concerns.
October 13, 2023
|Enforcement and Removal
ERO New York City arrested Teo Boon Ching Oct. 6. Ching, a 58-year-old citizen of Malaysia, was convicted of conspiracy to commit wildlife trafficking.
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