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ICE removes former Colombian director of intelligence
ICE removes former Colombian director of intelligence
April 24, 2017
|Human Rights Violators

Enrique Ariza Rivas, 49, a Colombian citizen, has been charged in Colombia, together with other former officials of the DAS, with aggravated psychological torture of a journalist. Ariza Rivas has also been charged in Colombia for various crimes relating to unlawful wiretapping.

Former Bosnian prison guard sentenced for fraudulently procuring US citizenship
March 28, 2017
|Human Rights Violators, Document and Benefit Fraud
According to the plea agreement, in 1993, Slobo Maric, 56, served as a shift leader of a detention facility in Bosnia that housed captured Bosnian-Croat soldiers. Many of the guards in the facility routinely subjected detainees to serious physical abuse and humiliation.
ICE removes Ethiopian who committed female genital mutilation
March 14, 2017
|Human Rights Violators

Khalid Adem, 41, a native and citizen of Ethiopia was convicted in Gwinnett Country, Georgia, of aggravated battery and cruelty to children in the first degree on Nov. 1, 2006, and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment.

ICE arrests former Colombian Army commander
March 6, 2017
|Human Rights Violators
Retired Lt. Col. Hector Alejandro Cabuya de León, 52, was arrested by special agents from HSI’s Dallas office. He is wanted in his native country on criminal charges for forced disappearance, homicide of a protected person, and weapons and ammunition trafficking.
Rwandan man sentenced in Iowa to 15 years in federal prison for US naturalization fraud
March 2, 2017
|Human Rights Violators
In January 2016, Gervais, aka "Ken," Ngombwa was convicted of one count of unlawfully procuring, or attempting to procure, naturalization or U.S. citizenship; one count of procuring U.S. citizenship to which he was not entitled; one count of conspiracy to unlawfully procure U.S. citizenship; and one count of making a materially false statement to agents of the Department of Homeland Security.
Denaturalization lawsuit filed against alleged human rights abuser originally from El Salvador residing in North Texas
February 10, 2017
|Document and Benefit Fraud, Human Rights Violators

Arnoldo Antonio Vasquez, a native of El Salvador, is alleged to have concealed and misrepresented his involvement in the extra-judicial killing of 10 civilians in San Sebastian, El Salvador, in September 1988, when he was an officer in the Salvadoran military.

Liberian national arrested for perjury, obstruction of justice
February 7, 2017
|Human Rights Violators
Isaac Kannah, 51, of Philadelphia, is charged in an October 2012, indictment with perjury and obstruction of justice. The charges carry a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
ICE, FBI recognize International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation
ICE, FBI recognize International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation
February 6, 2017
|Human Rights Violators

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the FBI are joining with U.S. and foreign government partners, non-governmental organizations and local communities in calling for the eradication of female genital mutilation and cutting.

ICE arrests former Guatemalan special forces member linked to 1980s massacre
January 6, 2017
|Human Rights Violators
Jose Mardoqueo Ortiz Morales, 54, was arrested by special agents from HSI’s Baltimore office. As a former member of an elite Guatemalan army unit known as the Kaibiles, Ortiz Morales is wanted in his native country on criminal charges for murder, war crimes, and crimes against humanity for his role in the Dos Erres massacre.
Bosnian national arrested for fraudulently obtaining citizenship
December 20, 2016
|Human Rights Violators

Alexander Kneginich, 56, was arrested Monday near Kalamazoo, Michigan, by special agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) after being indicted on a felony charge of having fraudulently obtained U.S. citizenship after he emigrated from Bosnia-Herzegovina to the United States.

Human Rights Day 2016
ICE honors Human Rights Day
December 9, 2016
|Human Rights Violators
Over the last four years, ICE's Human Rights Violators and War Crimes Center has issued more than 70,350 lookouts for individuals from more than 111 countries and stopped 194 human rights violators or war crime suspects from entering the United States.
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Bosnian husband, wife repatriated after more than decade-long immigration fraud probe
October 3, 2016
|Human Rights Violators, Enforcement and Removal

Ratko Maslenjak, 57, a former Cleveland-area resident and his wife, Divna Maslenjak, 53, arrived in Belgrade, Serbia, Oct. 1, via commercial aircraft. ICE's Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers witnessed the pair’s departure from JFK International Airport and confirmed their arrival with Serbian authorities.

ICE removes Rwandan wanted for genocide
ICE removes Rwandan wanted for genocide
September 28, 2016
|Human Rights Violators
Leopold Munyakazi, 67, entered the U.S. in 2004 on a business visa. In November 2006 the government of Rwanda issued an international arrest warrant charging Munyakazi with genocide, conspiracy to commit genocide and negation to genocide.
ICE arrests 36 fugitives across US during Operation Safe Nation and Operation No Safe Haven III
ICE arrests 36 fugitives across US during Operation Safe Nation and Operation No Safe Haven III
September 23, 2016
|National Security, Human Rights Violators
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During the operations that concluded Wednesday, the ICE National Fugitive Operations Program arrested the fugitives in coordination with the ICE Human Rights Violators and War Crimes Center, the ICE Counterterrorism Section and ICE field offices in the following cities: Atlanta; Baltimore, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans, New York, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco and St. Paul, Minnesota.
Cleveland-area man charged with immigration fraud after allegedly attempting to cover role in Bosnia-Herzegovina conflict
August 25, 2016
|Human Rights Violators
Oliver Dragic, 41, was named in the three-count indictment, charged with one count of possession of a fraudulently obtained green card, attempt to procure naturalization contrary to law and attempt to procure naturalization to which he was not entitled.
ICE removes ex-member of Guatemalan special forces linked to 1980s massacre
ICE removes ex-member of Guatemalan special forces linked to 1980s massacre
August 10, 2016
|Human Rights Violators
Santos Lopez Alonzo, 64, arrived in Guatemala at around noon local time on board an ICE Air Operations charter removal flight and was immediately turned over to Guatemalan law enforcement officials. The former member of an elite Guatemalan army unit known as the Kaibiles is wanted in his native country on criminal charges for his role in the Dos Erres massacre.
ICE deports former Kosovo Liberation Army soldier accused of persecuting ethnic Serbs during the Kosovo conflict
ICE deports former Kosovo Liberation Army soldier accused of persecuting ethnic Serbs during the Kosovo conflict
May 6, 2016
|Human Rights Violators

In interviews with immigration officials, Halil Dacaj made incriminating statements revealing that he interrogated, beat, and delivered prisoners to KLA command for further punishment.  On Aug. 11, 2015, ERO officers arrested Dacaj pursuant to Operation No Safe Haven.  

Pennsylvania man arrested for lying about role in first Liberian civil war
April 13, 2016
|Human Rights Violators
According to the indictment, in December of 1998, when applying for immigration benefits, Mohammed Jabbateh, 49, aka “Jungel Jabbah” a citizen of Liberia, lied about his activities during Liberia’s first civil war while he was a member of The United Liberation Movement for Democracy in Liberia (ULIMO) and later ULIMO-K, a rebel group that battled for control of Liberia. Jabbateh was allegedly a commander or higher ranking officer in ULIMO and ULIMO-K.
ICE deports former Bosnian-Serb police sergeant for lying about military service
ICE deports former Bosnian-Serb police sergeant for lying about military service
April 1, 2016
|Human Rights Violators
Janko Branko Jankovic, 50, a former resident of Milwaukee, arrived in Sarajevo Wednesday night via commercial aircraft under escort by officers with ICE's ERO; he was turned over to local authorities.
ICE removes man suspected of human rights violations to Bosnia
February 19, 2016
|Human Rights Violators
Edin Sakoč, 55, of Burlington, Vermont, stipulated to the court’s order of denaturalization and loss of citizenship based on a civil complaint alleging that he illegally and fraudulently obtained U.S. citizenship by giving false or misleading information to a U.S. official.
Bosnian war criminal sentenced in Minnesota for lying to obtain green card
February 11, 2016
|Human Rights Violators
Zdenko Jakiša, 47, a resident of Forrest Lake, Minnesota, was sentenced to time served for failing to disclose, during his immigration to the United States, multiple crimes committed in Bosnia-Herzegovina before and during the 1990s Bosnian Conflict.
ICE removes suspected Filipino human rights violator captured in Bay Area
ICE removes suspected Filipino human rights violator captured in Bay Area
February 10, 2016
|Human Rights Violators
Regor Cadag Aguilar, 42, arrived in Manila, Philippines, mid-day Wednesday Pacific Standard Time, on board a commercial flight escorted by ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers.
Zero Tolerance for FGM
ICE, FBI recognize International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation
February 5, 2016
|Human Rights Violators

This day serves as an opportunity to reflect on victims who have suffered from female genital mutilation/cutting, including many women and girls who have died or suffered lifelong health complications from the practice. The day also renews a global commitment to the health and well-being of all women, girls and communities by eliminating the practice.

Ohio man sentenced to prison, ordered deported for lying about role in murders during Bosnian conflict
January 6, 2016
|Human Rights Violators
Slobodan Mutic, 53, will be deported upon completion of his sentence to Croatia, where he will stand trial for human-rights violations.
ICE honors Human Rights Day
ICE honors Human Rights Day
December 10, 2015
|Human Rights Violators
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights celebrates the proposition that freedom, justice and peace in the world are fundamental rights that all individuals are entitled to equally. This year, Human Rights Day highlights the four freedoms that underlie the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
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