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Andres Urias-Soto, 28, of Phoenix, Arizona, further pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Transport Illegal Aliens for Profit Resulting in Death and admitted to violating a condition of supervised release.

Darren Frank McCoy, a 55-year-old resident of McKinney, Texas, pleaded guilty on Dec. 1, 2022, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas to transportation of child pornography.

The 23-year-old native of Praia, Cape Verde, entered the U.S. under a conditional status in February 2017, and had that status revoked by immigration officials in 2020.

ERO Philadelphia completed Operation Cross Check on May 15, a ten-day surge operation that resulted in 29 noncitizens with criminal convictions in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Delaware being detained.

ERO Boston arrested a Portuguese national who was convicted and sentenced to prison for drug trafficking in Portugal on May 11.

USBP officials arrested Antonio Rodenas Hinostroza, 45, on April 18, 2022, for illegally entering the United States near Yuma, Arizona.

On May 12, U.S. District Judge Philip G. Reinhard sentenced Nathan Tauck, 32, to 36 years in federal prison followed by a lifetime of court-supervised release and to pay $60,000 in restitution.

Felipe Abad Medina-Rubio, 22, of Tamaulipas, Mexico, pleaded guilty before a federal judge for attempting to smuggle approximately 4 kilograms of cocaine into the United States through the Hidalgo Port of Entry.

Lazaro Segundo-Vazquez, 20, of Edinburg, appeared before a federal judge on May 15 and admitted to receiving over 1,800 images and video files containing child sexual abuse material.

The United States has a longstanding policy of removing foreign nationals who lack a lawful basis to stay in the United States. This policy applies to all noncitizens regardless of nationality.

Angelico Roa-Joachin, 43, of Mexico, was convicted of conspiracy to transport and harbor illegal aliens for profit and reentry of a removed alien.

A Mexican national was recently sentenced to 30 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release for illegally possessing a semiautomatic firearm as a result of an investigation by HSI after USBP requested assistance for a traffic stop involving a Mexican national illegally in possession of several firearms.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted multiple removal flights on Friday, including to Colombia, El Salvador and Honduras, as part of dozens of flights conducted each week.

Daniel Alberto Arape Teran, 35, was escorted to a commercial flight to Caracas, Venezuela.

ERO Houston, with assistance from ERO Mexico and the SAFE Task Force, removed Angel Morales Colores, a 46-year-old Mexican fugitive, from the United States on May 11. Morales is wanted in Mexico for aggravated homicide.

Vince Ruiz III, a 33-year-old resident of Humble, Texas, was sentenced in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas to 18 months in federal prison to be immediately followed by two years of supervised release.

The United States has a longstanding policy of removing foreign nationals who lack a lawful basis to stay in the United States.

ICE's ERO today issued Post Pandemic Emergency Guidelines and Protocols that will increase the number of accessible beds by several thousand. These guidelines reflect the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency and latest guidance from the CDC.

Michael Wayne Roberts, 41, from Austin but living in Medellin, Colombia, was sentenced to 84 months in prison and 10 years of supervised release. The judge also ordered Roberts to pay $147,844.51 in restitution to his victims and register as a sex offender.

Aiyoub Muftah Alsallak, 30, a citizen of Libya, entered the United States in 2014 under a nonimmigrant student visa. Alsallak did not comply with the terms of his visa, remaining unlawfully in the United States since 2015.

The Brazilian national, 34, is under an active restraining order and was recently indicted on local criminal charges of rape, vandalism and violating an order of protection.

Herman Medina-Diaz was flown from Alexandria, Louisiana, on a charter flight coordinated by ICE's Air Operations Unit to the El Dorado International Airport in Bogota, Colombia.

The United States has a longstanding policy of removing foreign nationals who lack a lawful basis to stay in the United States. This policy applies to all noncitizens regardless of nationality.

ICE's ERO today announced a process for family units apprehended at the southwest border who are processed for expedited removal and indicate an intention to apply for asylum or express a fear of persecution or torture.

Stefani Kasey Marie Stevens, 31, of Yucaipa, California was sentenced by the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. A restitution hearing is scheduled for July 31. Stevens will be placed on supervised release for the rest of her life upon her release from prison.