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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).

Anel Violeta Noriega Rios, a fugitive female member of La Familia Michoacana cartel for whom Mexico offered a $5 million peso reward, is in custody in her native country following her capture in Los Angeles last week and subsequent deportation.

Two former Department of Defense employees, Adeba Sultana and Mohammad Ali Rabbani, pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to attempting to illegally obtain and illegally obtaining U.S. citizenship following a probe by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Department of State.

Harouna Bangoura, a native and citizen of Guinea and active gang member of the Bloods, was sentenced July 2 to one year in federal prison for willfully failing to comply with the terms and conditions of his release under order of supervision from the custody of ICE's Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO).

Randall V. Roberts pleaded guilty Friday to charges he enticed a minor into illegal sexual activity. The plea follows an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

Jovana Samaniego Deas, a former special agent with ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), was sentenced Friday to 30 months in federal prison following a multi-agency investigation that revealed she illegally accessed, stole and transferred sensitive U.S. government documents to unauthorized individuals and obstructed HSI investigations.

Tony Alvarez, A 19-year-old local man, pleaded guilty Thursday to one count of possessing child pornography. Alvarez admitted using his computer to search for and download images of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct. He also saved several of these images on his laptop computer and on a memory stick.

The residents of the Tohono O'odham Nation embarked on a unique partnership with ICE's legacy agency, the U.S. Customs Service, in 1974. The two organizations formed the Shadow Wolves, ICE's tactical patrol unit.

Scott Tartan was sentenced Friday to 17 ½ years in federal prison following his February guilty plea to one count of transporting and shipping child pornography, after child pornography was discovered on a cell phone that he left at a gas station.

John Harlan Mullins, a former Henrico County sheriff's deputy, was sentenced on June 29 to seven years and 11 months in prison for possessing hundreds of child pornography images stored on his computer, following an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

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A man formerly of Cypress, Texas, and Detroit, Mich., was sentenced Friday to 15 years and eight months in prison for drug trafficking and money laundering. This sentence was announced by U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson, Southern District of Texas.

Abimael Cardenales was sentenced to 60 years in prison for producing child pornography, following an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Virginia Beach Police Department. Cardenales produced child pornography involving two different special needs minors, ages 13 and 15.

Three Mexican men face federal human smuggling and illegal reentry charges after the drop house they were allegedly operating in Mesa was discovered by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents Wednesday.

ICE's HSI special agents arrested 47-year-old DEA fugitive Juan Carlos Guadalupe-Nunez Thursday in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. He is wanted in the state of Massachusetts for money laundering.