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January 30, 2024
|Financial Crimes, Firearms, Ammunition and Explosives
Vernelle E. Hines, 30, a resident of Houston, Texas, was charged with interfering with commerce by robbery and carrying and using a firearm during a crime of violence.
January 30, 2024
|Statement
ICE leadership met with LaSalle Corrections yesterday as part of ongoing conversations between the agency and private sector partners.
January 29, 2024
|Narcotics
Roberto Tovar, 47, of Del Rio, was sentenced Jan. 29 to 168 months in federal prison. His co-defendant, Melissa Villarreal, 36, of Del Rio, was sentenced to 135 months in prison. Tovar pleaded guilty June 24, 2021, and Villarreal pleaded guilty March 28, 2022.
January 29, 2024
|Human Smuggling/Trafficking
Nathanael Alley Rivera, 23, of Eloy, pleaded guilty on Sept. 6, 2023, to conspiracy charges related to his supervisory role in transporting hundreds of undocumented noncitizens for financial gain. During the first months of the conspiracy, Rivera was on probation for a previous human smuggling conviction.
January 29, 2024
|Child Exploitation
The Puerto Rico Crimes Against Children Task Force, led by HSI, arrested Elvin Jhohanie Molina-Rosado, a 35-year-old man from Corozal.
January 29, 2024
|Enforcement and Removal, National Security
On Nov. 18, 2020, the FBI in Philadelphia arrested Nabila Khan for conspiracy to provide material support of resources to a foreign terrorist organization.
January 29, 2024
|Financial Crimes
Dwayne Henry, 32, and Wayne Henry, 34, both of Landover Hills, allegedly engaged in a lottery scheme that tricked victims into believing they won a lottery or sweepstakes and were required to send advance payment for taxes and other fees before they were entitled to receive their winnings.
January 29, 2024
|Child Exploitation
HSI began investigating Victor Francisco Mendez, 35, of Douglas, in June 2023, when the Douglas Police Department received information from the Arizona Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.
January 29, 2024
|Narcotics
The judge ordered Jesus Hector Lagarda-Gil, 45, of Mexico, to forfeit a 2018 Mazda CX5 automobile and $148,000 in U.S. currency. Lagarda-Gil pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine on Sept. 21, 2023.
January 29, 2024
|Human Smuggling/Trafficking
Veronica Pech, 57, of Ridgecrest, California, was sentenced Jan. 29 to 76 months in federal prison and ordered to pay a $5,000 fine for operating several stash houses in Del Rio and facilitating harboring and transportation of noncitizens.
January 26, 2024
|Enforcement and Removal
ICE, working in coordination with DHS and CBP, facilitated removal flights, including single adults and family units to Central America, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica and Venezuela, Jan. 22 - 26.
January 26, 2024
|Enforcement and Removal, Statement
The agency is dedicated to transparency, providing open lines of communication with stakeholders regarding its mission and operations.
January 26, 2024
|Human Smuggling/Trafficking
Sentencing for Maria Mendoza-Mendoza aka “La Guera,” 51, of Honduras, is scheduled for April 2 before U.S. District Judge Raner C. Collins.
January 26, 2024
|Child Exploitation
According to court documents, from November 2022 to December 2023, Lopez-Lebron recruited, enticed, harbored and transported a girl between the ages of 11 and 12 for commercial sex.
January 25, 2024
|Narcotics, Transnational Gangs
Phil Cuellar III, a 36-year-old resident of Corpus Christi and documented gang member, was sentenced in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas to 168 months in federal prison to be followed by five years of supervised release for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamines.
January 25, 2024
|Child Exploitation
Abiel Alejandro Saldivar, 33, of San Antonio, was sentenced by a federal judge to 360 months in prison with a lifetime of supervised release and $45,000 in restitution. The judge also ordered him to pay $55,100 in special assessments.
January 25, 2024
|Enforcement and Removal
Cary Yan, who was convicted of conspiring to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, was flown from John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens to Amata Kabua International Airport in Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands.
January 24, 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. 22 - 24.
January 24, 2024
|Enforcement and Removal
ERO Boston deportation officers removed Hughie Antony Odonoghue Jan. 17. Odonoghue has numerous criminal convictions in Ireland.
January 24, 2024
|Partnership and Engagement, Human Smuggling/Trafficking
The Center for Healthy Communities invited HSI Baltimore and other experts, activists and local leaders to take part in the fourth annual Anti-Human Trafficking Conference at the Salisbury University campus.
January 23, 2024
|Enforcement and Removal
On Aug. 8, 2016, he was issued a final judgement of guilty for the offense of assault/aggravated injury in Italy’s Criminal Court of Pistoia and sentenced to incarceration for one year, one month and 26 days.
January 22, 2024
|Enforcement and Removal
ERO Newark arrested a Colombian fugitive Dec. 27, 2023, who is wanted by officials in his home country to complete a murder sentence.
January 19, 2024
|Child Exploitation
Project iGuardian is a leader in the fight against online child sexual exploitation and abuse. Over 1,000 students, teachers and school staff received valuable information on cyberbullying, child exploitation and the transfer of sexually explicit images.
January 19, 2024
|Enforcement and Removal
ICE, working in coordination with DHS and CBP, facilitated removal flights, including single adults and family units to Central America, Ecuador, Haiti, Peru and Venezuela, Jan. 15 - 19.
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.
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