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February 16, 2024
|Enforcement and Removal
ERO Baltimore apprehended a 23-year-old noncitizen who was convicted of an assault in Maryland in 2022.
February 15, 2024
|Narcotics
Officials removed 110 packages from the vehicle with a total combined weight of 72.05 kilograms (158.8 pounds). The packages contained blue pills with “M30” markings, and the initial investigation determined the pills contained fentanyl.
February 15, 2024
|National Security
Shaoyun Wang, 54, of China, and Mahmood Rashid Amur Al Habsi, 39, of Oman, were charged in a 12-count indictment unsealed Feb. 2 at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
February 15, 2024
|Enforcement and Removal
ERO Boston apprehended an unlawfully present citizen of Guatemala Feb. 6 who is facing child molestation charges in Providence, Rhode Island.
February 14, 2024
|Partnership and Engagement
HSI International Operations Assistant Director David J. Magdycz, and Haiti Minister of Justice Emmelie Prophete-Milcé, signed a memorandum of cooperation at HSI headquarters in Washington D.C., Feb. 13, to formally establish the Haiti Transnational Criminal Investigative Unit.
February 14, 2024
|Enforcement and Removal
ERO Boston arrested a Brazilian national Feb. 9 in Saugus who’s being sought by law enforcement authorities in Brazil for failing to serve a three-year, nine-month prison sentence that followed his conviction of commercial theft/receiving stolen property.
February 13, 2024
|Statement
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement leadership met with members of the American Immigration Council today.
February 13, 2024
|Statement
MTC met with agency leadership as part of the agency’s ongoing commitment to engage with the private sector.
February 13, 2024
|Human Smuggling/Trafficking
Edgardo Hernandez-Zamora, 27, was sentenced Feb. 13 to life in prison. He pleaded guilty June 8, 2023. His co-conspirators, Adrian Ramirez, 20, and Adrian Ramirez-Vasquez, 39, both from Mexico, previously pleaded guilty to their roles and received 48 and 60 months in prison, respectively.
February 13, 2024
|Child Exploitation
Daniel Phillip Beckman, 46, of Watson, Missouri, received the sentence of 10 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for receipt of child sexual abuse material.
February 13, 2024
|Human Smuggling/Trafficking
Dinero Devon Washington, 46, of Phoenix, further pleaded guilty to conspiracy to transport noncitizens on Sept. 7, 2023.
February 13, 2024
|Enforcement and Removal
ERO Boston arrested an unlawfully present Brazilian national charged with six counts of assault and battery with a firearm in Massachusetts and one count of a similar charge in Connecticut.
February 13, 2024
|Covid-19, Financial Crimes
Hamza Abbas, 31; Ammas Uddin, 31; and Arham Uddin, 27; all residents of Richmond, were sentenced to 44, 18 and 18 months, respectively, while Syed Ali, 55, a resident of Sugar Land, was sentenced to 24 months in prison. Two others — Muhammad Anis, 55, and Jesus Acosta Perez, 33, both residents of Houston, were sentenced to respective terms of 21 months and 12 months and one day. All six had previously pleaded guilty to the charges and will be required to pay varying amounts in restitution.
February 13, 2024
|Enforcement and Removal
ICE detainee Irguin Joel Padilla-Castro, 26, a Honduran national, was captured the same day of his early morning escape from the ICE detention facility in central Louisiana.
February 13, 2024
|Partnership and Engagement
Each year, HSI Kansas City presents the partnership award to a group that fosters and facilitates cooperation between agencies.
February 13, 2024
|Narcotics
Josue Adan Lemus-Lara aka Fenix, 39, of Esquipulas, Guatemala, was convicted on all charges in a maritime cocaine trafficking conspiracy following a weeklong jury trial in November 2023.  
February 12, 2024
|Enforcement and Removal
Between Jan. 1 and Jan. 31, ERO New Orleans conducted targeted operations with assistance from law enforcement partners in Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama and Louisiana, arresting noncitizens identified as public safety or border security threats.
February 12, 2024
|Enforcement and Removal
ERO Baltimore arrested an unlawfully present Guatemalan noncitizen who was convicted in 2018 of prostitution and human trafficking charges in Prince George’s County.
February 9, 2024
|Child Exploitation, Human Smuggling/Trafficking
Carl Stephen Smith Jr., 33, of Green Cove Springs, faces a minimum mandatory penalty of five years and up to 20 years in federal prison. Smith has remained in custody since his arrest on Jan. 31, 2023.
February 9, 2024
|Enforcement and Removal
ICE, working in coordination with DHS and CBP, facilitated removal flights, including single adults and family units to Bangladesh, Central America, Colombia, Ecuador and Mexico,  Feb. 5 – 9.
February 9, 2024
|Enforcement and Removal
ERO Houston, with assistance from ERO Mexico and the SAFE Task Force, removed Jose De La Cruz Segura-Rojas, a 41-year-old unlawfully present Mexican national, from the United States on Feb. 8. Segura-Rojas is wanted in Mexico for domestic violence.
February 9, 2024
|Enforcement and Removal, Child Exploitation
ERO Boston apprehended un unlawfully present Salvadoran national and registered sex offender Jan. 26 in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
February 9, 2024
|Financial Crimes
The network used more than 50 bank accounts to launder and disperse proceeds obtained through various fraud schemes, including romance scams, lottery scams and business email compromise.
February 9, 2024
|Enforcement and Removal
The apprehension of this Portuguese sex offender represented one of five arrests that ERO Boston made as part of a recent national immigration enforcement effort.
February 8, 2024
|Statement
The DHS Center for Countering Human Trafficking and the Blue Campaign provided updates on victim-centric policies and procedures to the Crime Victim Committee.
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