Thread: I.C.E. and C.B.P. News Releases 5/10/19

I.C.E. News Releases


05/10/2019
SAN ANTONIO, TX

ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL


South Texas ICE deportation officers remove previously deported Salvadoran gang member wanted for aggravated homicide and other criminal charges
Yimmi Jose Pereira-Ramos, 24, was flown to El Salvador May 9 on a charter flight coordinated by ICE Air Operations (IAO). Upon arrival, Campos-Rivera was turned over to officials from El Salvador’s Civilian National Police (PNC).


05/10/2019

NEW YORK, NY



ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL


ICE removes MS-13 gang member wanted for murder to El Salvador
Elda Cuadra-Torres, 29, was removed from the United States via an ICE Air Operations Charter flight and transferred into the custody of Salvadoran law enforcement authorities.



05/10/2019

PHILADELPHIA, PA



NARCOTICS


ICE shares nearly $300K with Hazleton City Police Department for assistance in narcotics investigation
Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations Philadelphia, Marlon V. Miller, and United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, David J. Freed, presented the check to the Chief of Police for the Hazleton City Police Department, Jerry Speziale.



05/09/2019

WASHINGTON, DC



NARCOTICS


Honduran drug trafficker sentenced to 33 years in prison
U.S. District Judge Liam O’ Grady for the Eastern District of Virginia sentenced Arnulfo Fagot-Maximo, 58. According to court records and evidence presented at trial, Fagot-Maximo was the leader of a drug trafficking organization based in the La Mosquitia region of the Department of Gracias a Dios, Honduras.




05/09/2019

PROVIDENCE, RI



CHILD EXPLOITATION


ICE HSI Boston investigation brings 10-year prison sentence in Rhode Island child sex trafficking case
According to court documents and information presented to the court, in March and April 2017, Reysean Williams, 28, with the assistance of another individual, Leonardo Gomes, 20, of Pawtucket, RI sex trafficked the 17-year-old in Rhode Island, Massachusetts and on Long Island, New York, by posting advertisements and pictures of the teenager on the website “Backpage.com”.



05/09/2019

PHILADELPHIA, PA



CHILD EXPLOITATION


Former children's swim school employee pleads guilty to child pornography charges
Danielle Sebenick, 27, was indicted by a federal grand jury in January of 2019 as a result of her trafficking in videos of child pornography on the Internet during November of 2018, while she was employed at the Kids First Swim School in Jenkintown.



05/09/2019

ROME, GA



FINANCIAL CRIMES


Georgia business owner, illegal alien charged with 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.



05/09/2019

ALEXANDRIA, VA



ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL


Violent felon guilty of illegally entering the US for a fifth time
According to court documents, Jose Edgardo Diaz-Ramos, 36, is a native and citizen of Honduras. Prior to his previous removal, Diaz-Ramos was convicted of a violent felony in California of willful infliction of corporal injury on a spouse. In 2014, after serving a sentence of six years in prison, Diaz-Ramos was deported at taxpayer expense for a fourth time. Sometime thereafter, Diaz-Ramos illegally reentered the United States again.




05/08/2019

TUCSON, AZ



CHILD EXPLOITATION


Tucson man sentenced to 90 years in prison for production and distribution of child pornography
Philip Daniel Love, 34, a prior sex offender for child exploitation offenses in Pima County, had pleaded guilty to charges of distribution, possession, and production of child pornography in September 2018.



05/08/2019

DALLAS, TX



NATIONAL SECURITY


North Texas man pleads guilty to conspiring to provide material support to Pakistani-based terror group
Michael Kyle Sewell, 18, of Fort Worth, who was arrested in February, formally pleaded guilty May 8 to conspiracy to provide material support to Lashkar-e-Taiba, a Pakistani-based foreign terrorist organization also known as LeT.



05/08/2019

SEATTLE, WA



ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL


ICE uses local airports to deport dangerous criminal aliens
ICE maintains that cooperation by local officials is an indispensable component of promoting public safety. Policy makers who strive to make it more difficult to remove dangerous criminal aliens and aim to stop the cooperation of local officials and business partners, harm the very communities whose welfare they have sworn to protect.



05/07/2019

PORTLAND, OR



FINANCIAL CRIMES


Portland man sees jail time for attempting to bribe ICE deportation officer
Antonio Oswaldo Burgos, 48, of Portland, was sentenced to four months in prison, Monday for attempted bribery of a public official after trying to bribe a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deportation officer.




05/06/2019

PHOENIX, AZ



ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL


ICE detainee passes away at the La Paz County Jail
Consistent with the agency’s protocols, the appropriate state health and local law enforcement agencies have been advised about the death, as have the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General and the ICE Office of Professional Responsibility. Additionally, ICE has notified the Indian Consulate of Mr. Singh’s death.



05/06/2019

LOS ANGELES, CA



FINANCIAL CRIMES


Los Angeles-area man convicted in scheme that used stolen identities to obtain more than $3 million in loans, cars and cash
A jury has convicted Turhan Lemont Armstrong, 49, of 51 counts of fraud, money laundering, identity theft and other federal offenses in relation to a scheme that generated at least $3 million.



05/06/2019

SAN DIEGO, CA



FINANCIAL CRIMES


Argentine man sentenced in witchcraft extortion scheme
Ariel Boiteux, a 31-year-old Argentine national who masterminded an international extortion scheme against hundreds of people seeking romance through witchcraft and magic spells, was sentenced in federal court Monday to the maximum sentence - two years in prison.



05/06/2019

DENVER, CO



NARCOTICS


New York City man sentenced to nearly 3 years in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute controlled substances
Alexander Zelyakovsky, 46, was sentenced to nearly three years in federal prison followed by three years on supervised release with the first six months in home detention. He was indicted by a federal grand jury on Sept. 18, 2018.




05/06/2019

LARGO, FL



ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL


ICE launches program to strengthen immigration enforcement
The Warrant Service Officer (WSO) program was launched during a signing ceremony with Lieutenant Governor of Florida Jeanette Núñez, Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri, National Sheriffs’ Association Executive Director Jonathan Thompson and ICE Deputy Executive Associate Director for Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) David Marin.



05/03/2019

LOS ANGELES, CA



CYBER CRIMES


3 Germans who allegedly operated dark web marketplace with over 1 million users face US narcotics and money laundering charges
Following a nearly two-year international investigation involving U.S. law enforcement and authorities in Germany and the Netherlands, federal prosecutors have charged three German nationals with being the administrators of Wall Street Market (WSM), which was one of the world’s largest dark web marketplaces that allowed vendors to sell a wide variety of contraband, including an array of illegal narcotics, counterfeit goods and malicious computer hacking software.



05/03/2019

SIOUX FALLS, SD



ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL


ICE arrests Salvadoran murder suspect, gang associate in South Dakota
Moises De Jesus Ruiz-Mejia, 25, was arrested Wednesday evening outside his residence after ICE was recently alerted the Salvadoran government had issued an international arrest warrant naming him as one of 25 individuals wanted for aggravated homicide or attempted homicide of numerous victims, some of whom have yet to be identified.



05/03/2019

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA



ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL


Twice-deported Guatemalan man sentenced in Iowa for illegal re-entry, document fraud
Cesar Solovi-Valle, 33, an illegal alien from Guatemala and residing in Decorah, Iowa, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge C.J. Williams to a combined term of eight months in federal prison on one count each of unlawfully using identification documents and illegally re-entering the United States.




05/03/2019

CHICAGO, IL



FIREARMS, AMMUNITION AND EXPLOSIVES


Chicago-area man convicted of conspiring to 'straw purchase' handguns for export to Egypt
Omran Ismail, 53, of Burbank, Illinois, was found guilty of both counts against him: one count of conspiracy to knowingly make a materially false statement to a licensed dealer and knowingly and willfully smuggle firearms on a common carrier, and one count of acquiring a firearm from a licensed dealer by means of a materially false statement.



05/03/2019

CHICAGO, IL



CHILD EXPLOITATION


Chicago-area musician sentenced 10 years in federal prison for enticing underage girls to produce sexually explicit videos
Austin Jones, 26, a Chicago-area musician, was sentenced Friday to 10 years in federal prison for enticing several underage girls, some as young as 14 years old, to produce sexually explicit videos of themselves.



05/02/2019

MCALLEN, TX



CHILD EXPLOITATION


Mexican man arrested in South Texas on child pornography charges
Following his Wednesday arrest, Angel DeJesus Torres, 27, from Mexico and residing in Donna, Texas, appeared before U.S. District Judge Scott Hacker on May 2. Judge Hacker charged Torres with receiving child pornography.



05/01/2019

LAS VEGAS, NV



TRANSNATIONAL GANGS


3 alleged MS-13 gang members indicted in connection with murder
Jose Luis Reynaldo Reyes-Castillo, aka Molesto, 25, Miguel Torres-Escobar, aka Chamilo, 21, and David Arturo Perez-Manchame, aka Walter Melendez and Herbi, 20, are charged with murder in aid of racketeering, using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence and causing death through the use of a firearm.

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News from CBP


May 10, 2019 | Local Media Release
Agents Discover Meth Hidden in Gas Tank

May 10, 2019 | National Media Release
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Awards Support Service Contract

May 10, 2019 | Local Media Release
CBP Hosts 2019 CBP Region IV All Hazards Preparedness Event in Miami


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U.S. Customs and Border Protection Awards Support Service Contract
Friday, May 10, 2019 | National Media ReleaseWASHINGTON — U.S. Customs and Border Protection awarded a task order off its Enterprise Business Management Support Services Blanket Purchase Agreement to provide enforcement, trade, and enterprise analytics support services to the Office of...
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Agents Discover Meth Hidden in Gas Tank
Friday, May 10, 2019 | Local Media ReleaseCAMPO, Calif.—U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested a man this week who had packages of methamphetamine concealed inside his vehicle’s gas tank on Wednesday. On May 9, at approximately 1:30 p.m., Border Patrol agents assigned to the checkpoint on...
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Media Advisory: CBP Office of Field Operations Hosts Media Academy
Friday, May 10, 2019 | Local Media ReleaseTUCSON, Ariz. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations will host a media academy for credentialed members of the media at the Port of Nogales on May 30, 2019 at 8 a.m. to provide media outlets background on OFOs distinct role...
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CBP Hosts 2019 CBP Region IV All Hazards Preparedness Event in Miami
Friday, May 10, 2019 | Local Media ReleaseMIAMI – Senior leaders with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) from across the United States joined dozens of law enforcement personnel, emergency management professionals and practitioners from across the region for the 2019 CBP Region IV All...
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Outstanding Warrant for Rape Charge Discovered by CBP Officers in Arizona: Suspect Arrested
Thursday, May 9, 2019 | Local Media ReleaseTUCSON, Ariz. – Office of Field Operations officers at the Port of Nogales arrested a Honduran national with a violent criminal history as he attempted to enter the United States Monday morning. Officers from the Dennis DeConcini Crossing were...
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San Luis CBP Officers Arrest Two Drug Smugglers
Thursday, May 9, 2019 | Local Media ReleaseTUCSON, Ariz. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations, officers arrested two U.S. citizens in separate attempts to smuggle methamphetamine and fentanyl through the Port of San Luis yesterday. Officers referred a 29-year-old...
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Nogales CBP Officers Seize Meth and Fentanyl
Thursday, May 9, 2019 | Local Media ReleaseTUCSON, Ariz. - U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations, officers at the Port of Nogales seized methamphetamine and fentanyl in a drug smuggling attempt yesterday. The contents were identified as morethan 80 pounds of meth,...
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Convicted Sex Offender Arrested by Border Patrol
Thursday, May 9, 2019 | Local Media ReleaseCALEXICO, Calif. – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the El Centro Sector arrested a previously deported sex offender Wednesday morning. On May 8, at around 10:50 a.m., agents assigned to the El Centro Station observed a man suspected of...
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CBP Agriculture Specialists Working at Area Ports Ensure Mother’s Day Flowers are Disease and Pest Free
Thursday, May 9, 2019 | Local Media ReleaseEL PASO, Texas - U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists working at El Paso area ports of entry are busy this week making sure that personal and commercial importations of Mother’s Day flowers are free from insects, pests and...
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Agentes de la Patrulla Fronteriza de Eagle Pass Arrestan a dos Delincuentes Sexuales Condenados
Thursday, May 9, 2019 | Local Media ReleaseEAGLE PASS, Texas - Agentes de la Patrulla Fronteriza de EE. UU., asignados a la Estación Eagle Pass arrestaron a dos delincuentes sexuales previamente condenados por ingresar ilegalmente a los Estados Unidos durante dos días. "Nuestros agentes...
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Eagle Pass Border Patrol Agents Arrest Two Sex Offenders
Thursday, May 9, 2019 | Local Media ReleaseEagle Pass, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Eagle Pass Station arrested two previously deported convicted sex offenders for illegally entering the United States over two days. “Our agents remain vigilant and committed to...
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Laredo Port of Entry CBP Officers Intercept Methamphetamine Worth Over $1 Million
Thursday, May 9, 2019 | Local Media ReleaseLAREDO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers this weekend intercepted a noteworthy amount of hard narcotics with an estimated street value of more than $1 million in one enforcement action at the...
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CBP Agriculture Specialists at Miami International Airport Inspect Influx of Cut Flower Imports Ahead of Mother's Day
Thursday, May 9, 2019 | Local Media ReleaseMIAMI— Highly-skilled U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agriculture specialists at Miami International Airport (MIA) are examining tens of millions of cut flower imports as Mother’s Day approaches. CBP works diligently to ensure flowers are...
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Agentes de la Patrulla Fronteriza rescatan a dos de Rio Grande
Thursday, May 9, 2019 | Local Media ReleaseEAGLE PASS, Texas - Agentes de la Patrulla Fronteriza de los Estados Unidos sacaron a una mujer hondureña y su hija de 9 meses de edad del Río Grande, el martes por la tarde. Aproximadamente a las 3:50 pm, los agentes de la Unidad de Marina de Eagle...
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Del Rio Sector Border Patrol Agents Rescue Two from Rio Grande
Thursday, May 9, 2019 | Local Media ReleaseEAGLE PASS, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents pulled a Honduran woman and her 9-month-old child from the Rio Grande River, Tuesday afternoon. At approximately 3:50 pm, agents with the Eagle Pass Station’s Marine Unit on patrol near the Port of Entry...
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Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza, Operaciones Aduaneras Confiscan Metanfetamina Valorizada en casi $2 Millones en el Puente Internacional de Hidalgo
Thursday, May 9, 2019 | Local Media ReleaseHIDALGO, Texas-Oficiales de EE.UU. Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza, Operaciones Aduaneras (OFO por sus siglas en inglés) en el Puente Internacional de Hidalgo detectaron y decomisaron $1,850,000 de metanfetamina que se descubrió en un vehículo que...
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CBP Field Operations Seizes Methamphetamine Worth Nearly $2 Million at Hidalgo International Bridge
Thursday, May 9, 2019 | Local Media ReleaseHIDALGO, Texas—Officers with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the Hidalgo International Bridge detected and seized $1,850,000 worth of methamphetamine that was discovered in a vehicle arriving from Mexico. “Our...
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Border Patrol Nabs Convicted Sex Offenders within Groups of Aliens
Wednesday, May 8, 2019 | Local Media ReleaseSANTA TERESA, N.M. – This week, U.S. Border Patrol Agents arrested two convicted sex offenders attempting to enter the United States illegally in southern New Mexico. El Paso Sector agents see no decrease in the number of groups entering illegally...
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Nogales CBP Officers Seize $488K Hard Drugs
Wednesday, May 8, 2019 | Local Media Release TUCSON, Ariz. - U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations, officers at the Port of Nogales seized nearly 91 pounds of methamphetamine, heroin and fentanyl Tuesday. Officers removed packagesfrom all four doors of asmuggling...
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Nogales CBP Officers Seize Hard Drugs
Tuesday, May 7, 2019 | Local Media ReleaseTUCSON, Ariz. - U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations, officers at the Port of Nogales seized nearly 290 pounds of cocaine, heroin, fentanyl and methamphetamine since Friday from six separate drug seizures. In addition, four...
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CBP informa sobre el enrutamiento del tráfico de autobuses a través de la parte superior del puente Juárez-Lincoln a través del Canopy Occidental efectivo después de la medianoche del 8 de mayo
Tuesday, May 7, 2019 | Local Media ReleaseLAREDO, Texas – El Puerto de Entrada Laredo de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza de los EE. UU. advierte que, a partir de la medianoche del miércoles 8 de mayo, todo el tráfico de autobuses comerciales en el Puente Juárez-Lincoln se dirigirá hacia la...
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CBP Advises of Routing of Bus Traffic through Juarez-Lincoln Bridge Topside through Western Canopy Effective after Midnight on May 8
Tuesday, May 7, 2019 | Local Media ReleaseLAREDO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Laredo Port of Entry is advising that effective after midnight Wednesday, May 8 going into Thursday, all commercial bus traffic at Juarez-Lincoln Bridge will be routed topside through the bridge’s...
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Los especialistas de agricultura de CBP en los puertos de entrada del sur de Texas aseguran que las flores y plantas del Día de la Madre sean libres de plagas y enfermedades
Tuesday, May 7, 2019 | Local Media ReleaseLAREDO, Texas –Con la llegada del Día de la Madre este fin de semana, los especialistas de agricultura de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza (CBP) en los puertos de entrada del sur de Texas continúan realizando exámenes y manteniendo una estricta...
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CBP Agriculture Specialists at South Texas Ports of Entry Ensure Mother’s Day Plants and Flowers are Disease and Pest-Free
Tuesday, May 7, 2019 | Local Media ReleaseLAREDO, Texas – With the arrival of Mother’s Day this weekend, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agriculture specialists at South Texas ports of entry continue to conduct examinations and maintain strict vigilance to ensure that personal and...
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Unprecedented Volumes of Aliens Continue to Arrive as Thousands Enter Deep South Texas
Tuesday, May 7, 2019 | Local Media ReleaseEDINBURG, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents continue to process and receive unprecedented numbers of illegal aliens entering the Rio Grande Valley (RGV) Sector. On Saturday, agents from Brownsville to Roma apprehended over 2,400 illegal aliens, the...
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