https://www.ice.gov/ ICE Headline News Feed by State en Copyright 2020 Fri, 26 Jul 2024 16:23:12 -0400 Thu, 25 Jul 2024 18:09:03 -0400 https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ero-arrests-mexican-national-convicted-manslaughter ERO Cary apprehended Carlos Heriberto Mendoza-Martinez, a 31-year‐old unlawfully present and previously removed Mexican national in Durham on July 17. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ero-arrests-mexican-national-convicted-manslaughter Thu, 25 Jul 2024 18:09:03 -0400 ICE Headline News Feed by State - Georgia https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/hsi-baltimore-hsi-atlanta-support-atlanta-area-law-enforcements-back-school-shop-cop HSI Baltimore and HSI Atlanta partnered with the Atlanta Police Department, the National Police Athletic League (PAL), the Atlanta PAL, WNBA Legends and a local sporting goods and outdoor store to conduct a back-to-school “Kids Shop with a Cop Holiday” event. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/hsi-baltimore-hsi-atlanta-support-atlanta-area-law-enforcements-back-school-shop-cop Mon, 14 Aug 2023 14:25:04 -0400 ICE Headline News Feed by State - Georgia https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/human-rights-violator-convicted-following-hsi-atlanta-investigation On July 26, a federal jury in the Northern District of Georgia convicted Mezemr Abebe Belayneh, 67, of Snellville, Georgia, of fraudulently obtaining U.S. citizenship by lying about his role in persecuting teenagers in Ethiopia for their political opinions. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/human-rights-violator-convicted-following-hsi-atlanta-investigation Wed, 02 Aug 2023 17:06:37 -0400 ICE Headline News Feed by State - Georgia https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ero-atlanta-apprehends-one-ecuadors-most-wanted-criminals-south-carolina An ERO assessment revealed Condor Vaca legally entered the United States on March 15, 2021, and failed to depart as required. ERO Atlanta officers served him with a Notice to Appear, and he will remain in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody pending removal proceedings. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ero-atlanta-apprehends-one-ecuadors-most-wanted-criminals-south-carolina Tue, 07 Feb 2023 11:17:02 -0500 ICE Headline News Feed by State - Georgia https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ero-atlanta-removes-foreign-fugitive-wanted-murder Tivurcio Serrato Colorado, a 36-year-old unlawfully present Mexican national, was flown from Alexandria, Louisiana, to the Valley International Airport in Harlingen, Texas on Jan. 4. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ero-atlanta-removes-foreign-fugitive-wanted-murder Tue, 10 Jan 2023 17:13:27 -0500 ICE Headline News Feed by State - Georgia https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/foreign-fugitive-100-most-wanted-list-el-salvador-police-removed-el-salvador Eric Hernandez Bonilla, a 24-year-old unlawfully present Salvadoran national, was flown from Alexandria, Louisiana, to the El Salvador International Airport. Upon arrival, he was turned over to the proper authorities. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/foreign-fugitive-100-most-wanted-list-el-salvador-police-removed-el-salvador Fri, 02 Dec 2022 12:45:44 -0500 ICE Headline News Feed by State - Georgia https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/accused-human-rights-violator-ethiopia-arrested-charge-fraudulently-obtaining-us According to the indictment – which was unsealed following the arrest – Mezemr Abebe Belayneh, 65, of Snellville, served as a civilian interrogator at a makeshift prison in Dilla, Ethiopia, during a period in the late 1970s known as the Red Terror. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/accused-human-rights-violator-ethiopia-arrested-charge-fraudulently-obtaining-us Mon, 21 Jun 2021 09:33:24 -0400 ICE Headline News Feed by State - Georgia https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-arrests-salvadoran-ms-13-gang-member-wanted-home-country Eulalio Alvarez-Lizama, 36, is a known or suspected member of the transnational criminal street organization known as Mara Salvatrucha or “MS-13”. Alvarez illegally entered the U.S. on an unknown date and was first encountered by ERO on Feb. 12, 2012, at the Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office in Charlotte after his arrest for operating a vehicle without a license. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-arrests-salvadoran-ms-13-gang-member-wanted-home-country Tue, 12 Jan 2021 16:20:28 -0500 ICE Headline News Feed by State - Georgia https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-atlanta-announces-latest-results-operation-targeting-aliens-who-failed-depart-us From Monday, Dec. 7, to Tuesday, Dec. 17, ERO Atlanta officers arrested seven individuals who failed to depart after being granted voluntary departure. All seven of those arrested had prior criminal convictions. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-atlanta-announces-latest-results-operation-targeting-aliens-who-failed-depart-us Tue, 22 Dec 2020 12:38:34 -0500 ICE Headline News Feed by State - Georgia https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-hsi-arrests-georgia-resident-selling-illegal-pesticide-claiming-it-protects Rong Sun, a/k/a Vicky Sun made her initial appearance on federal criminal charges Thursday for illegally importing and selling an unregistered pesticide, and mailing a prohibited article, as part of an online scheme offering the product for sale on Ebay while claiming, without any legal basis, the illegal pesticide would protect persons from coronavirus. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-hsi-arrests-georgia-resident-selling-illegal-pesticide-claiming-it-protects Tue, 14 Apr 2020 07:45:15 -0400 ICE Headline News Feed by State - Georgia https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-removes-canadian-national-after-completion-accessory-murder-sentence Elizabeth Roxanne Haysom, 55, convicted of two counts of accessory before the fact to murder was removed from the U.S. Wednesday, pursuant to a final order of removal, by officers with ICE's ERO. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-removes-canadian-national-after-completion-accessory-murder-sentence Thu, 23 Jan 2020 14:45:00 -0500 ICE Headline News Feed by State - Georgia https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-hsi-atlanta-announces-human-trafficking-awareness-campaign As part of the month-long awareness campaign, HSI Atlanta is speaking in several high-profile events around the southeast. Events include: conducting presentations at the 5th annual Tapestri Human Trafficking Forum in Atlanta, the 5th annual Traffick Jam event in Savannah, and the United States Attorney’s Office Human Trafficking taskforce meeting in Birmingham, Alabama. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-hsi-atlanta-announces-human-trafficking-awareness-campaign Tue, 21 Jan 2020 12:30:00 -0500 ICE Headline News Feed by State - Georgia https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-hsi-atlanta-renews-image-agreement-cobb-county-government-0 Cobb County, founded December 3, 1832, is a suburban county of Atlanta with a population of 760,000. It is Georgia’s third most-populous county. The county employs approximately 5,000 people. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-hsi-atlanta-renews-image-agreement-cobb-county-government-0 Mon, 18 Nov 2019 11:00:30 -0500 ICE Headline News Feed by State - Georgia https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-arrests-2-during-operation-no-safe-haven-georgia RO Atlanta officers arrested an individual from Central America involved in military operation that specifically targeted women and children and an individual from Africa affiliated with a regime directly responsible for human rights atrocities against citizens in his country of origin. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-arrests-2-during-operation-no-safe-haven-georgia Fri, 06 Sep 2019 17:15:45 -0400 ICE Headline News Feed by State - Georgia https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/georgia-business-owner-illegal-alien-charged-exploiting-illegal-workers Unlawfully present Mexican national Juan Antonio Perez, 46, was indicted on federal felony charges May 7 in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia pursuant to a years-long investigation by ICE's HSI that culminated in the simultaneous execution of six federal search warrants in Georgia and Tennessee last week resulting in the federal criminal charges issued Wednesday. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/georgia-business-owner-illegal-alien-charged-exploiting-illegal-workers Thu, 09 May 2019 12:30:00 -0400 ICE Headline News Feed by State - Georgia https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-cbp-operation-nets-over-24-million-fake-sports-related-merchandise Special agents from HSI teamed with industry, CBP, Atlanta police officers and other partner agencies to identify flea markets, retail outlets and street vendors selling counterfeit goods during the week leading up to Super Bowl LIII. They seized fake jerseys, hats, cell-phone accessories and thousands of other bogus items prepared to be sold to unsuspecting consumers. , , , https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-cbp-operation-nets-over-24-million-fake-sports-related-merchandise Thu, 31 Jan 2019 11:15:00 -0500 ICE Headline News Feed by State - Georgia https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-academy-instructors-teach-prospective-deportation-officers ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) deportation officers are among the most highly trained federal law enforcement officers in the United States. But who teaches them to be deportation officers? Answer: instructors at the Basic Immigration Enforcement Training Program (BIETP), located at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Glynco, Georgia.  , , , https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-academy-instructors-teach-prospective-deportation-officers Wed, 10 Oct 2018 17:15:30 -0400 ICE Headline News Feed by State - Georgia https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-hsi-academy-trains-special-agent-candidates CITP is a 56-day program that provides HSI special agent trainees, as well as criminal investigators from other federal agencies, with an understanding of basic criminal investigative techniques. Seasoned HSI special agents, along with instructors from FLETC and numerous other federal agencies, bring their expertise and knowledge to instruct trainees on topics such as criminal law, enforcement operations, courtroom testimony and other interdisciplinary approaches to becoming an effective criminal investigator in today’s fast-paced and changing world. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-hsi-academy-trains-special-agent-candidates Fri, 03 Aug 2018 15:30:45 -0400 ICE Headline News Feed by State - Georgia https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/georgia-man-indicted-child-pornography-production-distribution-atlanta-area Benjamin Jenkins, a/k/a “Rei,” a/k/a “Reithe8th,” a/k/a “Dani Domo, was indicted by a federal grand jury May 23 and ordered held in federal custody pending trial in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/georgia-man-indicted-child-pornography-production-distribution-atlanta-area Fri, 01 Jun 2018 10:45:45 -0400 ICE Headline News Feed by State - Georgia https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-removes-salvadoran-ms-13-gang-member-wanted-murder-terrorism-charges Juan Saravia-Salamanca, an unlawfully present Salvadoran national, was located and arrested by an ICE ERO Fugitive Operations Team outside his Raleigh, N.C., residence Dec. 12, 2017, after the government of El Salvador informed ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) National Gang Unit Nov. 21, 2017, that it had issued a warrant for Mr. Saravia-Salamanca’s arrest. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-removes-salvadoran-ms-13-gang-member-wanted-murder-terrorism-charges Fri, 25 May 2018 14:45:30 -0400 ICE Headline News Feed by State - Georgia https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-hsi-atlanta-combats-female-genital-mutilation-worlds-busiest-airport HSI Atlanta’s outreach is an extension of Operation Limelight USA, a pilot program designed by HSI’s Human Rights Violators and War Crimes Center (HRVWCC) to bring awareness to FGM and deter its practice. The program is a U.S. based version of the United Kingdom’s Operation Limelight at Heathrow Airport conducted by the Metropolitan Police Service and Border Force. , , https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-hsi-atlanta-combats-female-genital-mutilation-worlds-busiest-airport Wed, 23 May 2018 09:15:15 -0400 ICE Headline News Feed by State - Georgia https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/russian-cyber-criminal-pleads-guilty-role-multimillion-dollar-online-identity-theft Roman Valeryevich Seleznev, aka Track2, aka Bulba, aka Ncux, 33, entered guilty pleas in two separate criminal cases at a hearing before U.S. District Judge Steve C. Jones of the Northern District of Georgia. Seleznev pleaded guilty to one count of participating in a racketeering enterprise related to an indictment returned in the District of Nevada, and one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud as part of an indictment returned in the Northern District of Georgia. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/russian-cyber-criminal-pleads-guilty-role-multimillion-dollar-online-identity-theft Fri, 08 Sep 2017 07:15:00 -0400 ICE Headline News Feed by State - Georgia https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-arrests-guatemalan-man-atlanta-wanted-murder Carlos Chavez, 34, has been a fugitive since March 2003 when a superior court judge in Fulton County, Georgia, issued a warrant for Chavez’s arrest. Chavez is accused of shooting and killing Francisco Chavez (no relation) with a handgun. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-arrests-guatemalan-man-atlanta-wanted-murder Fri, 04 Aug 2017 16:15:30 -0400 ICE Headline News Feed by State - Georgia https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/11-indicted-laundering-40-million-atlanta-area-drug-proceeds According to court documents, in 2014, HSI Atlanta special agents began investigating individuals across the Atlanta area that were suspected of using money-broker businesses to launder drug proceeds from the United States back to Mexico by breaking up large amounts of cash into smaller transactions, and using false names and addresses in an attempt to disguise the electronic transfers as remittances. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/11-indicted-laundering-40-million-atlanta-area-drug-proceeds Thu, 22 Jun 2017 11:30:45 -0400 ICE Headline News Feed by State - Georgia https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ero-lumpkin-core-location-ice-operations Hidden among the wildlife and rural landscape of southwest Georgia sits one of the largest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention centers in the United States. , , , , , , , https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ero-lumpkin-core-location-ice-operations Tue, 20 Jun 2017 15:15:30 -0400 ICE Headline News Feed by State - Georgia