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January 19, 2024
|Enforcement and Removal
ERO Houston, with assistance from ERO Mexico and the SAFE Task Force, removed Cruz Aranda-Garcia, a 38-year-old unlawfully present Mexican national, from the United States Jan. 18. Aranda-Garcia is wanted in Mexico for attempted homicide.
January 19, 2024
|Child Exploitation, Firearms, Ammunition and Explosives
Jose Angel Hinojosa Jr., 36, of Weslaco, pleaded guilty Jan. 19 before U.S. District Judge John D. Rainey. As part of his plea, Hinojosa admitted to attempting to smuggle more than 40 firearms.
January 18, 2024
|Enforcement and Removal
ERO Baltimore apprehended an undocumented Salvadoran noncitizen convicted of illegally possessing an unregistered firearm.
January 17, 2024
|Enforcement and Removal
ICE, working in coordination with DHS and CBP, facilitated removal flights, including single adults and family units to Central America and Venezuela, Jan. 15 - 17.
January 17, 2024
|Human Smuggling/Trafficking
According to court documents, Riley Covarrubias-Ponce aka Rrili aka Rilay, 31, was a member of the human smuggling organization responsible for the failed smuggling attempt that brought adults and children from Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico into the United States.
January 17, 2024
|Human Smuggling/Trafficking
Gilbert John Montez, 24, of Edinburg, was sentenced Jan. 16 to 200 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release. In handing down the sentence, the judge noted that when an individual is involved in a criminal enterprise, he can be held accountable for the actions of all the participants involved.
January 17, 2024
|Statement
The new task order will extend beyond the current 60-day task order issued on December 19 — expiring February 19 — and provides additional time for potential relief from ongoing litigation that prevents full use of the facility.
January 17, 2024
|Enforcement and Removal
ERO Boston apprehended an unlawfully present Haitian national Jan. 9 who was recently arrested by local police on charges of rape and indecent assault and battery on a developmentally disabled person in Dorchester.
January 17, 2024
|Child Exploitation, Enforcement and Removal
Deportation officers with ERO Washington, D.C.’s Mobile Criminal Apprehension Team apprehended a 27-year-old undocumented noncitizen charged with crimes related to soliciting a child and indecent exposure.
January 16, 2024
|Narcotics
A federal judge sentenced Juan Mendoza, 53, to 62 months in federal prison. He also faces loss of his legal status and possible removal proceedings. At the hearing, the judge heard evidence that Mendoza had smuggled illegal narcotics on other occasions.
January 12, 2024
|Enforcement and Removal
ICE, working in coordination with DHS and CBP, facilitated removal flights, including single adults and family units to Central America, Colombia, Dominican Republic, India, Romania and Venezuela, Jan. 8 - 12.
January 12, 2024
|Operational
The policy calls for the use of BWCs in all aspects of ICE enforcement activities conducted by ICE personnel in furtherance of the ICE mission, excluding certain investigative activities. ICE is working to secure resources required to ensure full implementation of the new policy.
January 12, 2024
|Narcotics
Noe De Jesus Martinez-Montelongo, 36, and Fidel Rodriguez-Saldana, 35, both from Nuevo Leon, Mexico, were sentenced by a federal judge to 235 months in prison as well.
January 11, 2024
|Human Smuggling/Trafficking
Each year, HSI, in conjunction with the DHS Blue Campaign, raises awareness to prevent human trafficking, conducts outreach to the public via the media and nongovernmental organizations.
January 11, 2024
|Narcotics
Following Siragusa Romero’s arrest, only two of the 42 original fugitives remain at large — Christopher Maldonado-Lopez and Christian Maldonado-Lopez.
January 11, 2024
|Narcotics
On Jan. 11, Monica Mata Vasquez, 49, was sentenced to 136 months in federal prison to be immediately followed by five years of supervised release. At the hearing, the judge emphasized the significance of the case, noting that fentanyl is destroying the community and killing people across the country.
January 10, 2024
|Enforcement and Removal
ICE, working in coordination with DHS and CBP, facilitated removal flights, including single adults and family units to Central America, Colombia, Dominican Republic and Venezuela, Jan. 8 - 10.
January 10, 2024
|Statement, Narcotics
For the past several months since Operation Youngblood was executed on Sept. 22, 2023, Homeland Security Investigations San Juan has shared updates on the status of the fugitives of the Hasta Los Marcian criminal organization.
January 10, 2024
|Partnership and Engagement
The teamwork, community-based partnerships, and strategic law enforcement initiatives helped reduce homicides in Baltimore in 2023 by more than 20%.
January 9, 2024
|Labor Exploitation, Human Smuggling/Trafficking
Frederick Sayre Anderson, 63, of Parkersburg, pleaded guilty Jan.9 to concealing, harboring and shielding a noncitizen from detection.
January 9, 2024
|Human Smuggling/Trafficking, Child Exploitation
Paz Gomez-Magdaleno, a 43-year-old resident of Cameron County, was sentenced in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas to 60, 120 and 240 months for the transportation of undocumented noncitizens, possession of child pornography, and enticement of a minor, respectively.
January 9, 2024
|Human Smuggling/Trafficking, Child Exploitation
Tenorio pleaded guilty on Aug. 8, 2023, admitting that he transported two of his victims from California to Arizona and Texas for the purpose of offering them for commercial sex for his own financial gain.
January 8, 2024
|Enforcement and Removal
ERO Washington, D.C. arrested an unlawfully present noncitizen charged with sexually assaulting a Virginia minor and production of child sexual abuse material.
January 8, 2024
|Child Exploitation
Cory Johns, 42, of Nicholasville, was identified in November 2015, when the Lexington Police Department connected with him via a file sharing program and downloaded images and videos of children engaged in sexually explicit conduct.
January 5, 2024
|Enforcement and Removal
ERO Baltimore arrested a 48-year-old unlawfully present noncitizen convicted of sexual crimes against a Maryland minor.
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