News Releases and Statements

A Mexican fugitive who was extradited back to Mississippi to face human smuggling charges was sentenced to more than three years in prison Wednesday, following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

ICE returned 14 stolen and looted cultural paintings and artifacts to the government of Peru at a repatriation ceremony in Washington, D.C. The items were recovered in five separate investigations by special agents of ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in New York; West Virginia; Wilmington, Delaware; and Austin and Houston, Texas.

Michael Gavel III, 38, of Baltimore, was sentenced July 11 by U.S. District Judge Benson E. Legg to seven years in prison, followed by lifetime supervised release, for distributing child pornography.

Douglas Allen Brown was sentenced to 78 months in federal prison Tuesday for possessing child pornography, following an undercover investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). Brown and co-defendant Michael Bruce Hays possessed more than 16,000 illicit photos and over 300 videos.

Five Arizona businesses representing the steel fabrication, aviation, construction, landscaping and metal finishing industries became the latest employers to partner with ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) to strengthen their hiring practices, reduce fraud and ensure they employ a legal workforce.

They were engaged in a bitter custody dispute, and the father was afraid that the mother of his children was going to take them out of the country. His suspicions were confirmed when he found reservations - one-way tickets to Jordan - for his wife and their two children.

Michael John Davidson, 41, of New Brunswick, N.J., was charged Tuesday with attempting to board an aircraft with a dangerous weapon. Davidson was arrested following a multi-agency investigation involving special agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

In a move designed to bolster partnerships and information sharing on intellectual property crime, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) joined the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations-led National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (IPR Center) to become the center's 21st partner agency.

Henry Rosenau, 61, of Armstrong, British Columbia, was indicted in 2006 following a cross-border investigation dubbed "Operation Frozen Timber" led by ICE's HSI.

A federal grand jury has indicted nine individuals charged with conspiring to distribute more than 2,200 pounds of marijuana and with conspiring to conduct financial transactions to conceal the source and ownership of the proceeds of the drug distribution.

Frank James Abston of Houston, Texas was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday for his participation in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine in Alabama, following an investigation by with ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Mobile County Sheriff's Office.

Cameron Jackson was sentenced Wednesday for possession with the intent to distribute crack cocaine and heroin in a case investigated by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) with the assistance of the FBI and Scranton Police Department in a joint task force which is investigating illegal alien street gang activity in Northeastern Pa.

Anthony Kenneth Hirst, a British man who was wanted for indecency with a child in his home country, was deported Tuesday and turned over to United Kingdom officials by officers with ICE's Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO).

A former middle school teacher, Todd Evans, pleaded guilty Tuesday to a federal charge of receiving and distributing child pornography, following an investigation by ICE's HSI.

Slawomir Grymuza, a Polish national who is wanted in his home country for racketeering, extortion and battery, was deported and turned over to Polish law enforcement officials Tuesday by ICE's Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO).

A federal grand jury in Buffalo has returned a 62-count Indictment charging 32 defendants with participating in a large scale international loan fraud scheme. The alleged scheme targeted more than 2,000 victims across the United States, and obtained millions of dollars. This investigation is being conducted by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations

Robert Jay Hudson II, 25, of Gambrills, Md., pleaded guilty Tuesday to possessing child pornography, following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Baltimore, the Anne Arundel County Police Department and the Maryland State Police.

Wilfredo Ruano Reyes, a gang member accused of participating in the 2008 murder of three members of a Bay Area family, was captured Monday morning by special agents with ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and local law enforcement at a residence on the outskirts of this rural community north of Charlotte.

Carlos Alberto Tobar-Guevara, a man from El Salvador who is wanted in his home country for homicide and aggravated assault, was deported and turned over to El Salvadoran law enforcement officials Thursday by ICE's Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO).

ERO officers escorted Montalvo-Coreno through the Laredo port of entry in Texas, where he was turned over to Mexican authorities.

"Dean Myrie, aka Journey, a Jamaican national, was arrested July 3 by the New York Police Department (NYPD)/U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) Task Force, after the U.S. Marshals Service received a tip from someone who saw a June 29 episode of ""America's Most Wanted"" featuring Myrie. "

The arrest of Armando Suazo-Vazquez stemmed from a referral by the St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office in Florida stating that Suazo-Vazquez was using an Internet service provider to share child pornography through peer-to-peer networks.

Naranjan Patel, a citizen of India who fled the United States to avoid spending more than three years in prison following a federal immigration fraud conviction, was extradited from India on Thursday to face the punishment for his crimes. The investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) led to the arrest and extradition.

Pedro Alvarado and Arnoldo Alvarado from Hargill, Texas, were arrested and charged Thursday with assaulting a special agent with ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

A Korean national wanted in his native country for allegedly embezzling the bank he worked for out of $45 million was turned over to South Korean law enforcement representatives Friday at Seoul Incheon International Airport by officers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO).