ICE's top 5 news stories for the week ending May 29, 2015

May 22, 2015 – US citizen sentenced in Mexico to 199 years for producing child pornography

A U.S. citizen convicted in Mexico for producing child pornography was sentenced May 19 to serve 199 years imprisonment by a Mexican district judge following an international investigation conducted by U.S. and Mexican law enforcement. Full Story

May 27, 2015 – 48 criminal aliens arrested by ICE Philadelphia in enforcement operation

Four dozen criminal aliens living in Pennsylvania and Delaware were arrested during a five-day enforcement operation. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Philadelphia took the 48 aliens into custody who are all a priority for removal from the United States. Full Story

May 29, 2015 – ICE deports 2 Salvadoran MS-13 gang members wanted for aggravated homicide

Two Salvadoran MS-13 gang members wanted in El Salvador for unrelated aggravated homicides were removed Wednesday by ERO officers in Los Angeles, California. Full Story

May 28, 2015 – 15 Chinese nationals charged in passport, test taking fraud schemes

Fifteen Chinese nationals were indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of conspiracy, counterfeiting foreign passports, mail fraud and wire fraud. The charges stem from a joint ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and State Department’s Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) investigation. Full Story

May 28, 2015 – ICE participates in repatriation ceremony for stolen Italian artifacts

On May 26, HSI participated in a repatriation ceremony in Rome, Italy for 26 stolen artifacts of Italian heritage that were seized after investigations across nine domestic HSI offices. Full Story