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03/25/2015

ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations arrests 200th criminal alien convicted of sex crime under Sex Offender Registration Initiative



One of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) priorities is arresting child predators and bringing them to a court of law where they face justice, or in some cases, sending them back to their home countries.

But first, convicted child sexual predators, some of whom are in the country illegally, must be located. The Fugitive Operations Support Center (FOSC) and Fugitive Operations Teams (FOT) of ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) tracks and targets criminal aliens convicted of sexual crimes against children.
ERO’s Sex Offender Registration (SOR) initiative, which started two years ago,has so far resulted in the arrest of 200 criminal aliens convicted of sex crimes, with the most recent arrest taking place on March 1. On that day, FOT officers from New York City, acting on a lead from the FOSC, located and arrested a 28 year-old criminal alien convicted of felony sexual abuse and sexual contact with a child under the age of 14. The subject is now in ICE custody and awaiting removal from the United States.

The 200 criminal aliens arrested were convicted of crimes such as sexual assault and battery, rape and indecent exposure. A 39-year-old Iraqi national was convicted of sexual exploitation of a minor via telecommunications; a 31-year-old Salvadoran national was convicted of 3rd degree rape of a victim under the age of 17 and a 22-year-old national of Thailand was convicted of lewd or lascivious acts upon a child under the age of 14.

Those arrested were from Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras, Vietnam, Haiti, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Liberia, Sudan, India, Nicaragua, Canada, Pakistan and Sierra Leone, among other countries.

The success of SOR is due to the collaborative effort between ICE’s Law Enforcement Support Center (LESC) and FOSC, both located in Williston, Vermont. Here’s how it works: LESC gathers sex offender data and identifies criminal information with an immigration nexus. FOSC develops this information into actionable leads for investigative follow-up. Armed with this information, ERO offices across the nation conduct enforcement action.

Each week LESC generates an alien sex offender list, which is sent to the FOSC where review, research, correlation and examination of records take place. Leads are then provided to FOTs and other ERO enforcement personnel who strategically plan and conduct operations to take down targeted criminal aliens.

"Child predators prowl around in search of young victims who are inherently innocent, inexperienced and trusting by nature,” said Francisco Madrigal, ICE Deputy Assistant Director for the Fugitive Operations and Training Division. “SOR has proven to be a successful and collaborative tool that allows us to focus our resources on arresting convicted sex offender aliens.

Furthermore, through ICE’s immigration enforcement authorities, the agency often removes these threats from the United States."

FOSC was established in 2006 to assist the National Fugitive Operations Program with the targeted enforcement goals of reducing the fugitive backlog and addressing the criminal alien population in the United States. To learn more about ERO’s Fugitive Operations, click here.

https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ic...-convicted-sex

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03/25/2015

WASHINGTON, DC



ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL


ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations arrests 200th criminal alien convicted of sex crime under Sex Offender Registration Initiative
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ICE signs agreement to join Europol's efforts to target human smuggling
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03/24/2015

MIAMI, FL



CHILD EXPLOITATION


Canadian man pleads guilty for traveling to US for sex with minor
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03/24/2015

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HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATORS


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03/24/2015

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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS


ICE formalizes partnership with City of London Police to focus on intellectual property crime
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03/23/2015

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OPERATIONAL


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03/23/2015

HOUSTON, TX



ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL


ICE Houston deports national of Spain wanted for drug trafficking
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03/23/2015

WASHINGTON, DC



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03/20/2015

MINNEAPOLIS, MN



WORKSITE ENFORCEMENT


Minnesota restaurant owner, manager plead guilty to hiring illegal aliens
Ming Guo, 46, of North Miami Beach, Florida, owner of two Twin Cities restaurants named Hibachi Grill and Supreme Buffet, and Bijian Went (aka Wilson) 28, of Spring Lake Park, Minnesota, and manager of the restaurants, each entered guilty pleas on one charge of knowingly hiring 10 or more illegal aliens. The two were charged with the crime Jan. 26.



03/20/2015

WASHINGTON, DC



OPERATIONAL


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03/20/2015

WHEELING, WV



CHILD EXPLOITATION


West Virginia man arrested for producing child pornography
Robert J. Gongloff, 25, originally from Terra Alta, West Virginia, is alleged to have produced numerous images and videos depicting nude minors and minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct. Gongloff is also alleged to have misrepresented his name and age on a website known as MeetMe.com, claiming to be 17 years old and using the name “Johnny Williamson,” in order to transmit sexually explicit photographs to minor females.


03/20/2015

SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO



CONTRABAND


ICE, Caribbean Corridor Strike Force seize 2,425 pounds of cocaine, arrest 3
On March 18, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) marine patrol aircraft detected a vessel of approximately 40 feet in length with two outboard engines and two subjects onboard, traveling northbound and without navigation lights towards the coast of Vieques. The patrol aircraft maintained constant surveillance of the vessel as CBP marine units responded and intercepted the suspicious vessel for further inspection. The inspection of the boat yielded 42 bales of cocaine weighing approximately 2,425 pounds. The HSI investigation is ongoing.


03/20/2015

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NARCOTICS


Gang leader sentenced to 151 months in prison for selling heroin
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03/20/2015

SACRAMENTO, CA



ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL


Former Sacramento-area priest convicted of child sex offense now faces deportation
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03/20/2015

TACOMA, WA



CHILD EXPLOITATION


Sex offender who photographed drugged girl’s molestation sentenced to 23 years
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03/19/2015

CHICAGO, IL



CHILD EXPLOITATION


Former Illinois state representative sentenced to 8 years in federal prison for transporting child pornography
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03/19/2015

MIDLAND, TX



CHILD EXPLOITATION


Previously convicted west Texas sex offender sentenced to nearly 30 years for coercing, enticing a minor
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03/19/2015

WASHINGTON, DC



ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL


Director Saldaña testifies on enforcement and removal policies and procedures
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NEWARK, NJ



CHILD EXPLOITATION


New Jersey man charged with taking cellphone photos of his sexual abuse of children
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03/19/2015

SEATTLE, WA



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ARRESTED

Aitken,
Janice Marlyene

Wanted For: Removal from the United States - Illegal Re-entry After Deportation by a Convicted Felon

Last Known Location:Lake Arrowhead, California
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Chen,
Hong

Wanted For: Criminal Sexual Assault (on a Child)

Last Known Location:Los Angeles, California
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Cardenas-Reyes,
Francisco Alfredo

Wanted For: Lewd or Lascivious Acts with Child and Parole Violation

Last Known Location:Waukesha, Wisconsin
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Guitron-Aguilera,
Jesus

Wanted For: Removal from the Unites States - subject is a convicted sex offender.

Last Known Location:Ephraim, Utah
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Kheang,
Ding

Wanted For: Removal from the United States - Convicted Felon

Last Known Location:California
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Larios-Hernandez,
Walter Antonio

Wanted For: Violating Immigration Law

Last Known Location:Unknown
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Marcelin,
Pierre Rodolphe

Wanted For: Removal from the United States - Convicted Felon

Last Known Location:Cambridge, Mass.
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Munoz,
Victor Lenin

Wanted For: Convicted Sex Offender wanted for removal from United States

Last Known Location:Bronx, New York
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Palomares-Ventura,
Carlo

Wanted For: Re-Entry of a previously Removed Criminal Alien

Last Known Location:Cincinnati, Ohio
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Zamudio,
Amado Tapia

Wanted For: Convicted Sex Offender Wanted for Removal from United States

Last Known Location:Escondido, Calif
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WARNING: Do not attempt to apprehend any subject. If you have information about the whereabouts of these fugitives, immediately contact your local ICE office (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) or call the national hotline at 1-866-DHS-2-ICE (TTY for hearing impaired: 802-872-6196) as soon as possible!

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