News Releases and Statements
News Releases and Statements
ERO Baltimore apprehended a Salvadoran noncitizen and documented member of the notorious MS-13 criminal enterprise who has been convicted of multiple crimes in Maryland. Deportation officers from ERO Baltimore’s Fugitive Operations Team arrested the 36-year-old gang member March 5 at his residence in Hyattsville.
Sergio Maximiliano Martinez of Portland, Oregon, became the second person to plead guilty in federal court March 12 to drug trafficking and obstruction of justice charges in a case that began last spring, when Martinez’s then-girlfriend Victoria Carmona was caught trying to smuggle over 40 pounds of cocaine into the United States in her car.
ERO Boston arrested a 51-year-old unlawfully present Brazilian fugitive being sought by law enforcement authorities in Brazil for the rape of a vulnerable person.
Martin Garcia-Velazquez, 42, of San Antonio in Michoacan, Mexico, was also ordered to pay a $5,000 mandatory special assessment in compliance with the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015, which is bipartisan legislation aimed at increasing services for survivors of human trafficking and strengthening law enforcement.
John Patrick Gordon Dane, 36, of Virginia Beach, received the four-year prison sentence Feb. 26 at the U.S. District Court in Norfolk.
ERO Chicago arrested a 44-year-old unlawfully present fugitive being sought by law enforcement authorities in Mexico for aggravated homicide.
A federal grand jury returned an indictment March 5 charging Verena May Mathis, 24, of Capitol Heights, with sexual exploitation of a child and with child sex trafficking.
Today’s announcement is designed to advance these core values — requiring our law enforcement personnel to use body-worn cameras is an important step in modernizing ICE operations while building trust and confidence in our dedicated law enforcement professionals.
Gerardo Ignacio Castillo-Lopez, 32, of Mexico received the 42-month federal prison sentence March 7 at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in Alexandria.
Brazilian authorities have sought custody of the Brazilian national since June 2022 for the offense of statutory rape, which is defined under Brazilian law as consensual sexual contact with a person under age 14. He is wanted by a criminal court in the province of Parana, Brazil.
HSI's C3 Child Exploitation Investigations Unit conducted Operation Renewed Hope II, from Feb. 26 through March 8, resulting in the location and positive identification of 19 previously unknown child sexual abuse victims, which includes 8 victims rescued from active abuse.
ICE engages with stakeholders nationwide, including state, local, tribal, territorial governments, elected officials, and law enforcement, the private sector, faith-based organizations and colleges and universities.
The Nigerian citizen entered the United States in New York, New York, under the conditions of a nonimmigrant tourist visa in May 2017. He violated the terms of his visa by remaining in the United States beyond the time authorized.
ICE remains committed to ensuring that all those in its custody reside in safe, secure and humane environments. Comprehensive medical care is provided from the moment individuals arrive and throughout the entirety of their stay.
ERO Boston apprehended a 44-year-old Colombian national and convicted sex offender Feb. 14 in East Boston.
ERO arrested Syed Mohamed Tousif Mohiuddin, a 39-year-old citizen of India unlawfully present at-large noncitizen March 5.
The new building will replace four dormitories that were built when the ICE-owned facility was established in 1966. It will hold 216 people; the El Paso Processing Center has the capacity to hold 840 detainees.
Those included removal flights to Albania, Georgia, Central America, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, Romania and Uzbekistan.
Born out of tragedy, the Bridegan Foundation has presented the 50th Bexley Box to HSI Jacksonville special agents and task force officers with the child exploitation group.
ERO Baltimore arrested an unlawfully present Guatemalan national convicted of a 2021 assault on a Maryland resident. Deportation officers from ERO Baltimore’s Criminal Apprehension Program apprehended the 37-year-old noncitizen March 4 outside of his residence in Lanham.
ICE ERO Houston, with assistance from ERO Honduras and SAFE in Honduras, removed Jorge Munoz Pineda, a 32-year-old unlawfully present Honduran national, from the United States on March 8. Munoz is wanted in Honduras for homicide.
ICE ERO Chicago arrested 28 noncitizens with sex offense convictions during a nationwide law enforcement effort that netted 275 noncitizen sex offenders. The operation ran from Feb. 5 to Feb. 16.
Tony Cardenas, 36, of Phoenix, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to transport and harbor illegal aliens for profit and conspiracy to commit money laundering on Nov. 17, 2023.
During this operation, ERO St. Paul used an intelligence-driven enforcement model to target noncitizens who have committed egregious sex crimes while in violation our nation’s immigration laws.
Deportation officers from ERO Boston apprehended the 23-year-old Honduran national Feb. 27 in Providence, Rhode Island.
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