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March 1, 2023
|Enforcement and Removal
A charter flight coordinated by ICE’s Air Operations Unit transported Gabor Vadasz, a 22-year-old unlawfully present Hungarian national, from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York to Ferenc Liszt International Airport in Budapest, Hungary. Upon arrival, officials handed him over to Hungarian law enforcement authorities.
March 1, 2023
|Enforcement and Removal
Officials extradited Henrri Jamioy-Quistial, 49, to the United States in October 2002 for participating in the hostage taking of five U.S. citizens in Ecuador. A court convicted him of his crimes in September 2006.
March 1, 2023
|Child Exploitation
A federal grand jury in Springfield charged Harold Lloyd Blair Jr., 66, in a three-count superseding indictment.
March 1, 2023
|Enforcement and Removal
Fugitive Operations Team officers with ERO Boston arrested Lenaria Aparecida Pereira Sandoval, 29, a Brazilian national convicted of first-degree murder and related offenses by a Brazilian criminal court, in Quincy on Feb. 27.
February 28, 2023
|Human Smuggling/Trafficking, Child Exploitation
A judge in the Southern District of Texas convicted Edgar Botello, 30, of conspiracy to sex trafficking; sex trafficking with force, fraud or coercion; and possession of child pornography.
February 28, 2023
|Organized Crime
Luis Flores-Reyes, 42, of Arlington, Virginia, received his sentence Feb. 22 and Jairo Jacome, 40, of Langley Park, Maryland, received his sentence Feb. 23.
February 28, 2023
|Firearms, Ammunition and Explosives
A joint investigation involving HSI Norfolk, the ATF, the Virginia State Police and the Isle of Wight Sheriff’s Office led to an 81-month prison sentence for Ronald Devon Matthews, 36, of Isle of Wight, Virginia.
February 28, 2023
|Enforcement and Removal
In September 2019, a criminal court in the Brazilian city of Itambacuri convicted the man of financial fraud and sentenced him to serve a three-year, four-month prison sentence. Following his conviction in Brazil, officials discovered that he subsequently entered the United States unlawfully.
February 28, 2023
|Child Exploitation
According to court documents, the HSI investigation of Justin Richard Mezera, 34, began after someone filed a tip online saying the man used his Kik account to have child pornography related discussions.
February 28, 2023
|Enforcement and Removal
ERO Houston, with assistance from ERO Tegucigalpa and the SAFE Task Force, removed Rufino Garza Monroy, a twice-deported foreign fugitive from the United States on Feb. 24. Garza is wanted in Honduras for homicide.
February 27, 2023
|Enforcement and Removal
ERO Newark arrested a Brazilian fugitive wanted in Brazil for drug trafficking in Newark on Feb. 15.
February 27, 2023
|Enforcement and Removal
Elvis Alexis Molina Enriquez, 31, is wanted in Mexico for charges related to aggravated willful bodily harm, domestic violence and femicide.
February 24, 2023
|Transnational Gangs
On Feb. 22, Mexican authorities located Vladimir Antonio Arevalo-Chavez, aka Vampiro de Monserrat Criminales; Walter Yovani Hernandez-Rivera, aka Baxter de Park View and Bastard de Park View; and Marlon Antonio Menjivar-Portillo, aka Rojo de Park View, and expelled them from Mexico via the United States.
February 24, 2023
|Enforcement and Removal
Christian Patricio Palacios-Vega, 39, who had a final order of removal to Ecuador, was removed via ICE's Air Operations. ERO officers turned him over to law enforcement authorities upon arrival at the airport in Guayaquil.
February 24, 2023
|Child Exploitation
Recording artist Robert Sylvester Kelly, also known as R. Kelly, was sentenced by United States District Judge Harry D. Leinenweber to 20 years in federal prison, 19 of them concurrent with the 30-year sentence previously imposed in the Eastern District of New York Feb. 23.
February 24, 2023
|Human Smuggling/Trafficking
Olegario Lares-De La Rosa, 29, of Mexico, previously pleaded guilty to felon in possession of a firearm on June 9, 2022. Sentencing is scheduled for May 4 before United States District Judge Jennifer G. Zipps.
February 23, 2023
|Human Smuggling/Trafficking
According to court documents, Jose Miguel Sandoval-Pineda aka “Primo,” aka “Chavalon,” 22, of Michoacan, Mexico, was the leader, organizer and recruiter for a criminal organization heavily involved in human smuggling, firearms trafficking, and narcotics trafficking in the San Antonio area in 2019 and early 2020.
February 23, 2023
|Cyber Crimes, Financial Crimes
Ezennia Peter Neboh, 48, Kennedy Ikponmwosa, 51, and Prince Amos Okey Ezemma, 49, of Madrid, Spain; and Iheanyichukwu Jonathan Abraham, 44, Emmanuel Samuel, 39, and Jerry Chucks Ozor, 43, of London, face federal charges in Miami.
February 23, 2023
|Operational
Cesar Alejandro Avendano-Soto, 21, of Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, pleaded guilty to one count of assault on a federal officer resulting in bodily injury.
February 23, 2023
|Partnership and Engagement
Each year, HSI Kansas City presents the partnership award to a group that fosters and facilitates cooperation between agencies. Such duties include successful negotiations and agreements with interagency partners; development of interagency programs and initiatives that enhance homeland security efforts; providing manpower, technical advice, assisting and training interagency partners; and supporting joint law enforcement initiatives to enhance homeland security efforts.
February 23, 2023
|Enforcement and Removal
The foreign fugitive is wanted on an active criminal warrant for the charge of aggravated homicide in Brazil. A criminal court in Governador Valadares, a city in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, issued the warrant. If convicted of the charge, this individual could face up to 30 years in prison.
February 22, 2023
|Human Smuggling/Trafficking
Authorities arrested 48 people for alleged human trafficking, sexual exploitation and other criminal offenses and offered support to 41 people, including eight children. Officials also recovered two firearms, including a ghost gun.
February 22, 2023
|Human Smuggling/Trafficking, Narcotics
Adolph Scott, 37, of Baltimore, received the lengthy prison sentence Feb. 15 for transporting an individual to engage in prostitution and for possession with intent to distribute controlled substances.
February 22, 2023
|Professional Responsibility
Pedro Thiessen, 70, of Seminole, failed to declare more than $10,000 when entering the United States at the Ysleta Port of Entry in October 2022, according to a criminal complaint against him.
February 21, 2023
|Cultural Property, Art and Antiquities Investigations
The artifacts included 64 relief carved stone heads, a bronze inscribed bowl, a stone Funerary Stele from around the 1st century BCE, and 11 pages from an 8th century Quran.
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