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August 16, 2023
|Enforcement and Removal
Deportation officers from ERO Baltimore’s Criminal Apprehension Program arrested the 53-year-old, who has been present in the United States for more than 25 years and was convicted of sexual abuse of a minor, third-degree sex offense and incest in Montgomery County.
August 16, 2023
|Partnership and Engagement
The summit featured a collection of guest speakers, including former professional athletes, professional sports executives and community leaders.
August 16, 2023
|Enforcement and Removal
An ICE ERO Chicago deportation officer assigned to the U.S. Marshals Service’s KFATF assisted in the identification and arrest of a 37-year-old Bosnian noncitizen who had an active criminal arrest warrant issued by the Wyandotte County, Kansas, District Court for murder in the second degree on Aug. 8.
August 16, 2023
|Child Exploitation
Jose Luis Lara, 27, of Cotulla, was ordered by U.S. District Judge Marina Garcia Marmolejo to serve a 20-year prison term — the maximum allowed under the statute. In handing down the sentence, Marmolejo noted the extremely disturbing nature of Lara’s acts toward a minor child, remarking that she would have given him more time if she could.
August 16, 2023
|Enforcement and Removal
ERO New York City arrested Alejandro Pixtun-Hernandez, a 56-year-old international fugitive wanted in Guatemala for aggravated rape in a continuous manner and with special aggravating circumstances Aug. 10.
August 16, 2023
|Enforcement and Removal
Antonio Jose De Abreu Vidal Filho, 29, became the subject of an active Interpol Red Notice issued by the international criminal police organization after he was convicted of 11 murders and sentenced to 275 years and eleven months in prison in June 2023 by a criminal court in the state of Ceara, Brazil.
August 16, 2023
|Transnational Gangs
Karla Jackelin Morales, a 24-year-old resident of Houston, pleaded guilty to murder and was sentenced in Harris County for her role in the 2018 killing of Jose Alfonso Villanueva.
August 15, 2023
|Child Exploitation
William George Price, 65, of Land O’ Lakes, Florida, faces a maximum statutory penalty of 10 years in prison following his guilty plea.
August 15, 2023
|Human Smuggling/Trafficking
Francisco Javier Quintanilla-Alcocer, 39, and Brandon Cibriano-Gonzalez, 22, both Mexican citizens residing illegally in the United States, were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Micaela Alvarez.
August 15, 2023
|Operational
Florencia Renderos Morales, 24, of Houston, Texas, entered a guilty plea to one count of obstruction of justice. She faces up to 20 years in federal prison with three years of supervised release and $500,000 in fines.
August 14, 2023
|Enforcement and Removal
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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.
August 14, 2023
|Partnership and Engagement
HSI Baltimore and HSI Atlanta partnered with the Atlanta Police Department, the National Police Athletic League (PAL), the Atlanta PAL, WNBA Legends and a local sporting goods and outdoor store to conduct a back-to-school “Kids Shop with a Cop Holiday” event.
August 14, 2023
|Enforcement and Removal
Juan Carlos Portillo, 29, an illegally present foreign fugitive, was wanted in El Salvador for aggravated kidnapping, attempted aggravated homicide, aggravated extortion, terrorist organization, deprivation of liberty and aggravated homicide.
August 14, 2023
|Enforcement and Removal
Jose Antonio Argueta Dominguez, 23, was escorted by ERO officers from Buffalo to San Salvador, El Salvador, where he was transferred to El Salvadoran authorities.
August 14, 2023
|Enforcement and Removal
Angel Bladimir Diaz Luna, 30, was escorted by ERO officers from Buffalo to San Salvador, El Salvador, where he was transferred to El Salvadoran authorities.
August 11, 2023
|Professional Responsibility
Shantel Hernandez made her initial appearance in federal court Aug. 10.
August 11, 2023
|Human Smuggling/Trafficking, Labor Exploitation, Child Exploitation
According to the HSI-led investigation, Ana Patricia Landaverde, 47, a citizen of El Salvador; Jeffrey Dean Vaughan, 64, of Williamsburg; George William Evans, 68, of Midlothian; and Salvador Jeronimo-Sis, a citizen of Guatemala, engaged in a conspiracy to harbor, transport and benefit from employing undocumented noncitizens at their commercial laundry business, Northstar Holdings of Virginia, LLC, d/b/a Magnolia Cleaning Services, LLC.
August 11, 2023
|Narcotics
Jason Curtis Caldwell, 42, was sentenced in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas to 210 months in federal prison to be immediately followed by five years of supervised release for conspiring to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl. Caldwell pleaded guilty to the charges on Jan. 6.
August 11, 2023
|Enforcement and Removal
All arrests took place in the assigned ERO Seattle states of Alaska, Washington and Oregon, though the criminal history may include convictions in courts in other parts of the United States.
August 11, 2023
|Financial Crimes
According to court documents, Ezennia Peter Neboh, 48; Kennedy Ikponmwosa, 52; and Jerry Chucks Ozor, 43, were part of a group of fraudsters that sent personalized letters to elderly victims in the United States.
August 11, 2023
|Enforcement and Removal
Jose Erick Ramos Cruz, a 45-year-old unlawfully present Salvadoran fugitive, was flown from Alexandria, Louisiana, on a flight coordinated by ICE's Air Operations Unit to the Monseñor Óscar Arnulfo Romero International Airport in San Salvador, El Salvador.
August 11, 2023
|Child Exploitation
Deira Alan Glover, 33, of Harlingen, was sentenced by 357th State District Court Judge Juan Magallanes to 480 months of imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice’s Correctional Institutions Division. Glover pleaded guilty Aug. 7, prior to jury selection.
August 11, 2023
|Enforcement and Removal
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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.
August 10, 2023
|Enforcement and Removal
The 28-year-old Brazilian citizen unlawfully entered the United States some time prior to August 2023. In March 2023, a criminal court in the city of Tarumirim, in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, began actively seeking custody of the fugitive on the charge of aggravated murder, a crime he is alleged to have committed in January 2017.
August 10, 2023
|Enforcement and Removal
Deportation officers from ERO Baltimore’s Criminal Apprehension Program took the 19-year-old noncitizen into custody at his residence in Hyattsville on Aug. 2 and served him with papers ordering him to appear before an immigration judge.
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