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November 17, 2023
|Enforcement and Removal
Luis Cristano Rosales-Estacio, 47, was flown via ICE Air from Denver International Airport to Jorge Chavez International Airport in Callao, Peru, where he was turned over to the proper authorities.
November 17, 2023
|Contraband
Blanca Estela Maldonado, 54, of Midland, and her brother, Federico Jose Maldonado-Aleman, 59, of Mexico, were sentenced Nov. 17 to 262 months and 324 months in prison, respectively.
November 16, 2023
|Enforcement and Removal
Noncitizens who lack a lawful basis to stay in the United States will be 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.
November 16, 2023
|Enforcement and Removal
ERO New York City arrested a citizen of Turkey convicted of acting in a manner to injure a child less than 17 years old in full satisfaction of the following criminal charges: criminal sexual act in the first degree of a victim less than 11 years old; and sexual abuse in the first degree: sexual contact with an individual less than 11 years old. He was convicted on Aug. 9, by the Suffolk County First District Court.
November 16, 2023
|Enforcement and Removal
On Nov. 16, Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Chicago Field Office Director LaDeon Francis announced the results of a local enforcement operation conducted between Oct. 23 – Nov. 3 during which officers apprehended 44 removable noncitizens determined to be a threat to national security, public safety or border security.
November 16, 2023
|Financial Crimes, Covid-19, Document and Benefit Fraud
Sammy Adam Joseph, 47, was charged in an eight-count indictment returned under seal by a federal grand jury in Kansas City, Missouri, on Wednesday, Nov. 8. That indictment was unsealed and made public Nov. 14 upon his arrest and initial court appearance.
November 16, 2023
|Intellectual Property Rights and Commercial Fraud, Organized Crime
Yasser Saleh Ouwad, a 52-year-old resident of Houston, was sentenced Nov. 15 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas to 41 months in federal prison to be immediately followed by three years of supervised release for conspiracy to transport stolen merchandise.
November 16, 2023
|Enforcement and Removal
ERO Houston, with assistance from ERO Mexico and the SAFE Task Force, removed two unlawfully present foreign fugitives from the United States to Mexico on Nov. 15.
November 15, 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.
November 15, 2023
|Enforcement and Removal
The 52-year-old citizen of Jamaica, who has been unlawfully present in the United States for more than two years, was arrested by local police on two counts of rape and one count of assault to rape. He was arraigned in the Falmouth District Court in Falmouth, Massachusetts on Oct. 27.
November 15, 2023
|Human Smuggling/Trafficking
Julio Garca IV, 22, was sentenced on Nov. 14 to 45 months in federal prison to be immediately followed by three years of supervised release. In handing down the sentence, the court commented on how it was important to remember someone died.
November 15, 2023
|Financial Crimes
Carlos Manuel da Silva Santos, 29, of Portugal, was taken into custody in Newark, New Jersey, as he arrived in the United States from abroad.
November 15, 2023
|Financial Crimes
The four-state Organized Retail Crime Alliance connects federal, state and local law enforcement and prosecutors, as well as financial and retail industry partners, from all four states. The ORCA initiative is part of a larger nationwide strategic partnership for HSI to identify, investigate and prosecute organized retail crime.
November 15, 2023
|Organized Crime
Both Campos and Argueta-Chica are members of the Weedams Locos Salvatrucha (WLS) clique of the MS-13 gang, which operated primarily in Adelphi, Maryland.
November 14, 2023
|Detainee Death Notifications
Consistent with ICE protocols, the appropriate components were notified about the death, including the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Office of Inspector General, and the ICE Office of Professional Responsibility.
November 14, 2023
|Narcotics
According to the investigation, authorities arrested Jose Arellano-Rodriguez, 26, of Durham, North Carolina, Aug. 2 at a rest stop in New Kent County after he attempted to pay $90,000 for what he believed was a load of more than 50 kilograms of cocaine.
November 13, 2023
|Enforcement and Removal
ERO Philadelphia removed Felix Valoy Gondola Moreno, a fugitive from Panama who was living in the United States illegally, on Nov. 8.
November 13, 2023
|Narcotics
Gerardo Hernandez, 40, of Tucson, pleaded guilty on May 5 to importation of fentanyl.
November 13, 2023
|Enforcement and Removal
Deportation officers from ERO Baltimore’s Fugitive Operations Team arrested the 37-year-old Salvadoran national, who has been charged by authorities in El Salvador with crimes relating to public peace, illicit groups and illegally carrying a firearm.
November 9, 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.
November 8, 2023
|Human Smuggling/Trafficking
Derek Wai Hung Tam Sing, 52, was sentenced by a federal judge Nov. 8 to 46 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release.
November 8, 2023
|Narcotics
A federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment charging Carlos Alberto Hernandez-Laguer aka Brea, Luis Roberto De Leon-Sanchez aka Coco, and Misael Ruiz-Valentin aka Misa, with four counts of conspiracy to import cocaine, importation of cocaine, conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, and possession with intent to distribute cocaine.
November 8, 2023
|Narcotics
Elena Barrera, a 45-year-old resident of Mathis, pleaded guilty in the Southern District of Texas to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute liquid methamphetamines.
November 8, 2023
|Human Smuggling/Trafficking
Heriberto Mendez-Lozano, 25, of McAllen, was convicted Nov. 8 on all counts following a three-day trial.
November 8, 2023
|Child Exploitation
Marlon Zurita, 47, appeared before a federal judge on Nov. 8 and was sentenced to 136 months in prison followed by 20 years of supervised release. Zurita pleaded guilty Dec. 22 and admitted to receiving over 1,800 images and video files depicting child sexual abuse.
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