Thread: ICE's top 5 news stories for the week ending April 4, 2014

I.C.E. News Release

APRIL 7, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC

ICE's top 5 news stories for the week ending April 4, 2014

April 4, 2014 – ICE-led task force shutters 2 San Diego-area smuggling tunnels

Members of the San Diego Tunnel Task Force, in collaboration with their enforcement counterparts in Mexico, uncovered two sophisticated smuggling tunnels connecting commercial buildings in San Diego's Otay Mesa industrial park with warehouses in neighboring Tijuana, Mexico.Full Story

April 4, 2014 – ICE arrests 50 criminal aliens and immigration fugitives in central and south Texas during 3-day operation

Officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Fugitive Operations Teams arrested 50 convicted criminal aliens, immigration fugitives and other immigration violators during a three-day operation concluding April 3. Full Story

April 4, 2014 – Nogales Tunnel Task Force, Mexican authorities shut down incomplete drug tunnel

U.S. and Mexican authorities shut down an incomplete drug smuggling tunnel April 4, following a multi-agency investigation by the Nogales Tunnel Task Force, which is led by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). Full Story

April 4, 2014 – HSI Dallas supports law enforcement partners during Final Four

HSI in Dallas is lending its law enforcement support to the Dallas Police Department April 4-7 to ensure the public is protected during the NCAA's Final Four college basketball events taking place in Dallas. Full Story

March 27, 2014 – HSI, Caribbean Corridor Strike Force seize $50 million worth of cocaine, arrest 2

HSI, working jointly with the Caribbean Border Corridor Strike Force (CCSF), seized nearly 4,000 pounds of cocaine with an estimated street value of $50 million and arrested two Venezuelan nationals for drug trafficking March 31. Full Story

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F.B.I. Breaking News

04.04.14
Washington: Seven charged in ring that distributed more than 20,000 oxycodone pills.
04.04.14
Multiple Offices: I-55 Bandit sentenced to five years in prison on bank robbery charges.
04.04.14
Norfolk: Government contracting company exec guilty in bribery conspiracy.

D.E.A. LATEST NEWS

APR 04	(SAN DIEGO) Feds Shutter 2 San Diego-Area Smuggling Tunnels
APR 04	(SUMTER, S.C.) Fourteen Arrested, Five Sought in Heroin Sting
APR 03	(SEATTLE) Anesthesiologist Sentenced to Five Years in Prison
APR 02	(ROCKFORD, Ill.) Investigators Seize Over $178,000 and 100 Pounds of Marijuana
APR 02	(MANHATTAN, N.Y.) Members of Bronx Street Gang Charged

Headlines News coverage of the U.S. Marshals

	Singer Transferred to USMS Custody
	Task Force Arrests Second Suspect in Alabama Drive-By Shooting
	USMS Arrests Two Connected to Oklahoma Murder
	Task Force Apprehends Murder Suspect in Savannah
	USMS Arrests Shooting Suspect in Pennsylvania

As Tax Filing Deadline Nears, Attorney General Holder Calls Stolen Identity Refund Fraud ‘Rising Threat,’ Vows Aggressive Enforcement Against Scams
Monday, April 7, 2014
As the April 15 tax filing deadline approaches, Attorney General Eric Holder warned U.S. tax filers to beware a “rising threat” of scammers seeking fraudulent refunds based on stolen identities, and vowed aggressive enforcement against the practice. Speaking in a recorded video message released on the Justice Department’s website, Attorney General Holder explained that a growing pool of criminals are engaged in the activity, including gangs and drug sellers seeking quick access to cash.
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Associate Attorney General Tony West Delivers Remarks at the Strengthening the Relationship Between Law Enforcement and Communities of Color Forum
Friday, April 4, 2014
I also come to this discussion as my father's son. He was a man born and raised deep in the Jim Crow south. And when the time came for his eldest child and only son to take up driving lessons, dad was my teacher, imparting all the familiar lessons of keeping my eyes on the road and signaling before I turned.
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Attorney General Eric Holder Testifies Before U.S. House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies
Friday, April 4, 2014
Despite significant challenges, the past year has been characterized by remarkable progress – from expanding civil rights for all Americans to holding private corporations accountable for wrongdoing. In the financial sector, concerns have been raised recently about a practice called “high-frequency trading.”
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Alabama Sheriff’s Investigator Pleads Guilty to Assaulting Handcuffed Man at Macon County Jail
Friday, April 4, 2014
J. Keith McCray, a criminal investigator with the Macon County, Ala., Sheriff’s Office, pleaded guilty in federal court today to assaulting a handcuffed man at the county jail, resulting in bodily injury to the victim.
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Former Vice President of Government Contracting Company Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Bribery
Friday, April 4, 2014
A former vice president of a Chesapeake, Va., government contracting company pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to pay bribes to public officials in exchange for favorable treatment in connection with U.S. government contract work.
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News from CBP

April 4, 2014 | Local Media Release
500 Pound Marijuana Load Stopped by CBP - Drugs Hidden in Phony Hydraulic Equipment

April 4, 2014 | Local Media Release
Del Rio Sector Border Patrol Agents Seize Cocaine Worth More Than $700,000

April 4, 2014 | Local Media Release
Border Patrol Agents Arrest Convicted Sex Offender - Mexican Subject Previously Deported


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News about CBP


April 6, 2014 | Source: Caribseek News
CBP, HSI Seize $42.8 Million Shipment in Southern Puerto Rico

April 5, 2014 | Source: NBC San Diego.com
2 Border Tunnels Uncovered in San Diego

April 2, 2014 | Source: CNN.com
Tijuana Cop to Face U.S. Federal Court After Heroin, Meth Arrest