News Releases and Statements

To continue successes in removing the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens from the United States, ICE is focusing recruitment efforts on ICE officers and general attorneys with a major hiring event Aug. 26 and 27, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Arlington Esports Stadium.

An illegal alien Tren de Aragua gang member who is also a Venezuelan fugitive is in ICE custody following his arrest Aug. 20 in Albuquerque.

ICE Newark and CBP officers arrested a Brazilian alien whose tourist visa expired April 16, 2016, and who was illegally carrying a Smith & Wesson 9mm handgun, an airsoft gun and a large knife in his vehicle Aug. 9 in Cinnaminson.

ICE officers assigned to the Corpus Christi sub-office, in coordination with the FBI’s Corpus Christi Resident Office, arrested Ahmed Mohamed Yasser Salama, 35, a criminal illegal alien from Egypt Aug. 19.

Following an ICE San Diego investigation, three fugitives transferred from Mexico — Pablo Edwin Huerta Nuno, also known as Flaquito; Juan Carlos Felix Gastelum, also known as El Chavo Felix; and Abdul Karim Conteh — appeared in federal court in the Southern District of California Aug. 13.

ICE officers in Phoenix and Nogales deported prominent Mexican boxer and criminal illegal alien Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Aug. 18 through the Nogales, Arizona, Point of Entry.

An Albuquerque couple and naturalized U.S. citizens, with no respect for the privilege they’ve been given to live in the United States are accused of conspiring with human smugglers, turning four of their rental properties into stash houses for human smuggling operations, and laundering what they believed to be profits from the illicit activity through a real estate deal structured to avoid detection for over two years.

Rolando Nava Pacheco, a 19-year-old illegal alien from Mexico, was charged in federal court Aug. 12 for assaulting a federal officer and damaging government property.

Jose De Santiago-Martinez, an illegal alien from Mexico, was sentenced to just four days for one count of driving under the influence and only 40 days for the other.

The operation, named Operation Broken Trust, saw officers from ICE Boston’s Hartford field office collaborate with the FBI, U.S. Marshals Service, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to apprehend illegal alien offenders across the state of Connecticut.

Rosa De Arcos, an alleged drug trafficker, was extradited from Mexico to the United States Aug. 8, and arraigned in federal court on charges of importing and conspiring to distribute methamphetamine, fentanyl, and cocaine following an ICE Homeland Security Investigations probe.

ICE Homeland Security Investigations' El Camino Real Financial Crimes Task Force arrested nine illegal aliens while executing a search warrant on an underground nightclub in El Monte on July 19.

In a landmark operation targeting one of the world’s most dangerous cartels, ICE, in coordination with domestic and international partners, are leading an investigation that’s resulted in criminal charges against five high-ranking leaders of the Mexico-based Carteles Unidos.

On Aug. 12, ICE officers arrested Michael Kabiona and Noe Alberto Flores Sandoval — both convicted of heinous felonies against innocent children.

ICE San Diego officers arrested an illegal alien from Mexico Aug. 11 who has been deported from the United States twice and has a prior conviction for driving under the influence.

Rolando Ico-Choc, 30, was arrested repeatedly for driving under the influence and other serious offenses, including endangering the life of a child, domestic battery, resisting law enforcement, multiple DUIs, and operating uninsured vehicles. Despite his repeated disregard for the law and continued danger to the public, local jurisdictions were unable to transfer him to federal custody, due to irresponsible sanctuary laws.

ICE deported Yimi Samario Sevilla Leon, a 30-year-old foreign fugitive and the alleged leader of an ultra-violent faction of the18th Street gang known as “El Mango” from the United States Aug. 11.

ICE removed a convicted Burkinabe coup leader from the United States following his arrest by ICE Detroit agents and officers in Cincinnati.

ICE San Antonio lodged an immigration detainer against Jose Fredi Rivera-Mejia aka Wilfredo Lopez, 44, a criminal illegal alien from Honduras Aug. 11, who was arrested and charged with murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

Three violent MS-13 members with 14 attempted murder charges between them are behind bars after being arrested by ICE New York City, the Nassau County Police Department and the FBI.

ICE, in collaboration with federal law enforcement partners, arrested Quoc Bo Pham and Dung Quoc Pham, both Vietnamese nationals, July 22 in Westminster.

An investigation by ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations New England led to the Aug. 6 arrest of Connor McAuliffe, a 34-year-old emergency medical technician, for allegedly receiving and possessing child sexual abuse material.

Miguel Angel Guevara-Murillo was arrested Aug. 4 and charged by criminal complaint with possession of a document-making implement after he allegedly told investigators he used the equipment to make counterfeit state identification documents, which he sold for $250 to people who sought to work as DoorDash drivers.

Davon Mitchell was sentenced July 28 to serve 20 years in prison after he admitted to distributing fentanyl that resulted in the overdose deaths of two individuals; and selling fentanyl that resulted in the non-fatal overdose of another individual on three occasions.

Among those arrested were convicted murderers, child predators, thieves, and arsonists and an alien who illegally entered the US 40 times.