Thread: I.C.E. and C.B.P. News Release 11/5/18

I.C.E. News Releases

11/05/2018

NEW YORK, NY

ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL

Twice removed Mexican national sentenced to 57 months in federal court, following a New York state conviction for rape
The sentencing of Rogelio Mendez, 38, follows a 2017 indictment pursuant to ICE's ERO securing the arrest warrant for illegal reentry.



11/02/2018

MIAMI, FL



ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL


ICE detainee passes away at Monroe County Hospital
ICE is firmly committed to the health and welfare of all those in its custody and is undertaking a comprehensive agency-wide review of this incident, as it does in all such cases.



11/01/2018

DALLAS, TX



ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL


ICE Dallas officers remove Kazakhstani man convicted of concealing evidence for Boston Marathon bombers
Dias Muratovich Kadyrbayev, 24, a citizen of Kazakhstan, was convicted June 2, 2015, of conspiracy to obstruct justice and obstruction of justice for removing and disposing of incriminatory items from Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s dorm room. Tsarnaev was later convicted and sentenced to death for his role in the Boston Marathon bombing that killed three innocent bystanders, and subsequently two police officers.



11/01/2018

PHILADELPHIA, PA



CYBER CRIMES


Former Drexel University student sentenced for cyberstalking classmate
During the 2015-16 school year, Waitze, a former Drexel University student, used a computer and the Internet to engage in a campaign of harassment and intimidation against a Drexel student following a personal dispute with the student.




10/31/2018

NEW YORK, NY



CYBER CRIMES


4 charged with participating in a scheme to defraud users of a dating website
Four individuals were indicted Wednesday following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). David Jones, David Duwayne Taylor, Kristin Knight, and Destiny Bishop are charged for their alleged involvement in a scheme by which they fraudulently duped their victims into believing that they had sent sexually explicit images to underage children and faced criminal prosecution if they did not pay to avoid involvement by law enforcement.


10/30/2018

WASHINGTON, DC



INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS


ICE HSI teams with London police to fight counterfeiting
IPR Center Director Alex Khu and CoLP Commissioner Ian Dyson pledged to combine resources to tackle the illegal importation and distribution of counterfeit goods that threaten the health and safety of consumers, wreak havoc on local and national economies, and fund criminal organizations involved in various illicit activities.



10/30/2018

WASHINGTON, DC



FINANCIAL CRIMES


East Texas businessman pleads guilty in Venezuelan bribery scheme
Ivan Alexis Guedez, 47, of Katy, Texas, worked as a procurement officer for Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA), the state-owned energy company of Venezuela. The scheme involved payments by officials of U.S.-based companies to Guedez in exchange for business contracts. Guedez pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to launder money.



10/29/2018

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CHILD EXPLOITATION


San German-area man charged, arrested for sexual child exploitation
The criminal complaint alleges that Ruben Darío Báez-Aponte, 40, shared sexually explicit images and videos with a 14-year-old minor and, on several occasions, transported the victim to his home to engage in criminal sexual conduct.




10/29/2018

CAMDEN, NJ



ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL


Illegal alien sentenced to 18 months in prison for unlawfully returning to US, failing to register as sex offender
A Salvadoran man previously convicted for sexually assaulting a child was sentenced to 18 months in prison Monday for failing to register as a sex offender after unlawfully returning to the United States and traveling to New Jersey. The sentencing follows a multiagency investigation, which included U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO).



10/26/2018

HONOLULU, HI



CHILD EXPLOITATION


Kailua-Kona man sentenced to more than 24 years in prison for production of child pornography
Michael Phillip Patrakis, 46, of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, was sentenced Thursday to 292 months in prison for producing child pornography of two minor females. The case is the result of a probe by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Hawaii Police Department.



10/26/2018

NEW YORK, NY



ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL


ERO New York arrests previously removed Mexican national
Solis-Castro, who was removed from the U.S. on four separate occasions, has a criminal history that includes three felony drug convictions, and a conviction for illegal re-entry after removal. On Aug. 22, he was arrested by the New York Police Department (NYPD) on the charges of forcible touching.



10/25/2018

WASHINGTON, DC



STUDENT AND EXCHANGE VISITOR PROGRAM


SEVP publishes 2017 international student data
SEVP plans to publish calendar year 2018 data during the first quarter of 2019. Future years’ data will publish in the first quarter of the following year. This will enable the public to review yearly trends in the international student population.




10/25/2018

SPRINGFIELD, MO



CHILD EXPLOITATION


Missouri man sentenced to 35 years in federal prison for sexually exploiting a child, illegally possessing a firearm
On June 4, 2018, Corey Dean Frasher, 43, of Springfield, Missouri, pleaded guilty to sexually exploiting a child, and to illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.



10/24/2018

CHICAGO, IL



CHILD EXPLOITATION


Chicago-area man faces child pornography, extortion charges
David J. Cottrell, 28, of Niles, Illinois, is charged with two counts of transporting child pornography, one count of extortion, one count of inducing a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity, one count of attempting to produce child pornography, one count of producing of child pornography, and one count of possessing child pornography.



10/24/2018

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CHILD EXPLOITATION


Puerto Rican man found guilty of sexual child exploitation
According to the evidence presented at trial, in March 2015, Wally Irizarry-Sisco transported an 11-year-old female to a motel located in Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico, with the intent to engage in sexually explicit conduct.



10/24/2018

MIAMI, FL



HUMAN SMUGGLING/TRAFFICKING


Cuban national convicted of labor trafficking and alien smuggling
Ivan Madrigal Zamora, 47, of Cuba, was convicted of two counts of forced labor trafficking and two counts of encouraging and inducing an alien to reside in the United States.




10/24/2018

WASHINGTON, DC



INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS


ICE emphasizes social media in fight against counterfeiting
Intellectual property enforcement representatives met at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement-led National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center in Arlington, Virginia, for the 2018 IPR Center Symposium: Leveraging the Influence of Social Media.



10/23/2018

PHILADELPHIA, PA



ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL


ICE removes murder suspect wanted in Brazil
Varley Ramos Costa, 53, a Brazilian citizen, entered the United States on an unknown date and place without inspection or parole by an immigration officer.



10/19/2018

DALLAS, TX



HUMAN SMUGGLING/TRAFFICKING


Dallas-area violent pimp sentenced to life in federal for sex trafficking minors
Allen Nash, 31, was convicted in April of the following charges: sex trafficking children; conspiracy to commit sex trafficking; sex trafficking through force, fraud or coercion; transporting a minor to engage in commercial sex acts; and illegally possessing ammunition after he forced two victims, aged 17 and 19, into the illicit sex trade in the fall of 2014.



10/19/2018

NEW YORK, NY



HUMAN SMUGGLING/TRAFFICKING


2 brothers extradited to the US from Mexico to face sex trafficking charges
Jose Osvaldo Melendez-Rojas and Rosalio Melendez-Rojas were arrested in February 2018 in Mexico to eventually face various charges in the United States, including sex trafficking conspiracy, sex trafficking of minors, interstate prostitution, alien smuggling and related offenses. The defendants who were extradited are charged together with three co-defendants, who were arrested in the United States in July 2017.




10/18/2018

CHARLOTTE, NC



ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL


ICE arrests fugitive alien in NC wanted on multiple Maryland rape charges
In collaboration with officers from ERO Baltimore, an ERO Charlotte Fugitive Operations Team located Alfredo Carreon-Lopez at a Forsyth County business Friday. Carreon is suspected to have fled the Baltimore area following the issuance of a Maryland state arrest warrant on charges of first-degree rape, second-degree rape, sexual abuse of a minor, first and second-degree assault, and multiple additional sexual offense charges.



10/18/2018

NEW ORLEANS, LA



ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL


ICE "Most Wanted" fugitive, child predator captured in Louisiana
Jose Melchor Martinez AKA Jose Luis Martinez-Sanchez, an unlawfully present Mexican national, was arrested Wednesday morning by an ERO New Orleans Special Response Team after executing a federal arrest warrant at a residence in Church Point, Louisiana.



10/18/2018

NEW YORK, NY



OPERATIONAL


ICE HSI New York SSA reflects on Hurricane Maria efforts
When Andrew “Andy” Borra boarded his flight from New York to Puerto Rico in September 2017, nothing could have prepared him for what he was about to see.



10/18/2018

NEW YORK, NY



FINANCIAL CRIMES


Maryland brothers accused of operating inter-state cigarette trafficking ring
Basel Ramadan and Samir Ramadan were arraigned today in Kings County Supreme Court before Judge Danny Chun; bail for Samir Ramadan was set at $2 million cash or $500,000 bond. Fahd Muthana was arraigned on October 11, 2018 in Kings County Supreme Court before Judge Chun. All three defendants’ cases were adjourned to December 19, 2018.




10/18/2018

SALT LAKE CITY, UT



NARCOTICS


Utah grand jury returns superseding indictment in Shamo case; adds distribution of fentanyl count resulting in death
The indictment alleges that Shamo intentionally and knowingly distributed a substance containing fentanyl, the use of which resulted in the June 13, 2016, death of a person identified as R.K. in the indictment.

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November 5, 2018 | Local Media Release
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C.B.P. Media Releases

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CBP Officers at Port of Lukeville Seize $85K of Meth
Monday, November 5, 2018 | Local Media Release
TUCSON, Ariz. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Arizona’s Port of Lukeville on Saturday arrested a Phoenix area woman after seizing more than 28 pounds of methamphetamine. A CBP canine alerted officers to therear quarter panel of a...
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CBP Recognized as One of the Best Companies for Veterans by Monster.com
Monday, November 5, 2018 | National Media ReleaseWASHINGTON–U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has again been recognized by Monster.com as one of the “Best Companies for Veterans,” a list compiled yearly by a panel of veteran employment experts based on standout veteran hiring and retention...
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CBP Seizes a Shipment of Invasive Mitten Crabs
Monday, November 5, 2018 | Local Media ReleaseROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers discovered 108 Chinese mitten crabs during commercial inspections at a local facility. On October 31, during routine examinations of freight, CBP officers noticed several...
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CBP arresta en Puerto Rico a hombre previamente deportado por antecedentes agravados intentando llegar a Nueva York
Monday, November 5, 2018 | Local Media ReleaseSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Los oficiales de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza de Estados Unidos arrestaron el jueves a un dominicano previamente deportado por una convicción por delito agravado, antes de abordar un vuelo en el Aeropuerto Internacional...
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CBP in Puerto Rico Arrests a Previously Deported Aggravated Felon Attempting to Fly to New York
Monday, November 5, 2018 | Local Media ReleaseSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers found Thursday a previously deported aggravated felon prior to boarding a flight at the Luis Munoz Marin International Airport bound to New York. Luis José Arias-Mejía, also known...
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CBP Officers at Port Of San Luis Catch Suspected Smuggler
Friday, November 2, 2018 | Local Media ReleaseTUCSON, Ariz. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers arrested a U.S. citizen in connection to a failed smuggling attempt of methamphetamine at the Port of San Luis. Packages of meth were discovered andremoved from behind the seats byCBP...
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U.S. Teenager Arrested For Human Smuggling
Friday, November 2, 2018 | Local Media ReleaseTUCSON, Ariz. – Nogales Border Patrol agents arrested a 19-year-old male after finding a Mexican national concealed in the trunk of his vehicle Tuesday morning at the Intestate 19 Immigration Checkpoint. Mexican national concealed inthe trunk of a U...
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For All Soul’s Day, CBP’s Laredo Field Office Reminds Public of Prohibited Agricultural Items that Can Carry Citrus Greening Disease
Friday, November 2, 2018 | Local Media ReleaseLAREDO, Texas — As the U.S.-Mexico border community observes the All Souls Day (Día de los Muertos) holiday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials representing Laredo Field Office ports of entry are advising the traveling public that certain...
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CBP To Expand Stanton SENTRI Hours Through February 2019
Friday, November 2, 2018 | Local Media ReleaseEL PASO, TEXAS – Trusted travelers who utilize the Stanton street international crossing SENTRI lane won’t have to rush to make the midnight closing. CBP will staff the facility until 2 a.m., two hours beyond the normal midnight closing time, on...
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Border Wall Construction Project to Begin in Texas
Friday, November 2, 2018 | National Media ReleaseWASHINGTON – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), in partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), has awarded a contract to construct approximately six miles of levee wall system in the U.S. Border Patrol’s (USBP) Rio Grande...
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Reclutamiento de agentes y oficiales de CBP regresa a Plaza las Américas
Friday, November 2, 2018 | Local Media ReleaseSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza (CBP, por sus siglas en inglés) está agresivamente reclutando para posiciones de Agente de Patrulla Fronteriza, Oficial de Operaciones de Campo, Pilotos y Agentes Marítimos a través de todo los...
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CBP Agent and Officer Recruitment Orientation Returns to Plaza Las Americas
Friday, November 2, 2018 | Local Media ReleaseSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — U.S. Customs and Border Protection is aggressively recruiting for the positions of CBP Officer, Border Patrol Agent and Air Interdiction and Maritime Interdiction Agents in select localities throughout the continental United...
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For a Limited Time CBP is Offering Rewarding, Competitive Pay and Benefits Officer Careers in Los Angeles
Thursday, November 1, 2018 | Local Media ReleaseLOS ANGELES— Starting today and closing on November 30th, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is accepting applications for officer positions in the Los Angeles area directly. This is a unique opportunity for the people of Los Angeles and its...
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Nogales CBP Officers Seize $812K in Hard Drugs
Thursday, November 1, 2018 | Local Media ReleaseTUCSON, Ariz. –U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Arizona’s Port of Nogales arrested a Mexican national and a U.S. citizen connected with separate failed attempts to smuggle a combination of cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine into the...
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CBP, CBIG detienen a 31 indocumentados en dos localidades distintas en Puerto Rico
Thursday, November 1, 2018 | Local Media ReleaseAGUADILLA, Puerto Rico - Agentes adscritos al Negociado de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza (CBP, por sus siglas en inglés), junto a agentes de las Fuerzas Conjuntas de Rápida Acción de la Policia de Puerto Rico, la Guardia Costera y Investigaciones...
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CBP, CBIG Apprehended 31 Aliens Via Two Separate Locations in Puerto Rico
Thursday, November 1, 2018 | Local Media ReleaseAGUADILLA, Puerto Rico – U.S.Customs and Border Protection (CBP) along with partners from the Police Department (PRPD) Joint Forces of Rapid Action (FURA, for its Spanish acronym), U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Homeland Security Investigations detected...
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Douglas CBP Officers Thwart Smuggling Attempt
Wednesday, October 31, 2018 | Local Media ReleaseTUCSON, Ariz. – Customs and Border Protection officers at the Raul Hector Castro Port of Entry in Douglas, Arizona, prevented a Mexican national from smuggling nearly 300 pounds of marijuana into the United States Tuesday. Officers seized multiple...
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Oficiales de CBP en el Puerto LA/Long Beach Recuperan 23 Vehículos de Lujo Robados rumbo a China
Wednesday, October 31, 2018 | Local Media ReleaseLOS ANGELES — Oficiales de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza (CBP) de Estados Unidos asignados al equipo de seguridad de exportaciones (OET) por sus siglas en inglés, del complejo portuario Los Angeles/Long Beach recuperaron 23 vehículos de lujo...
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LA/Long Beach Seaport CBP officers Recover 23 Stolen Luxury Vehicles Heading to China
Wednesday, October 31, 2018 | Local Media ReleaseLOS ANGELES — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officers assigned to the Outbound Enforcement Team (OET) at the Los Angeles/Long Beach Seaport complex recovered 23 stolen high-end vehicles, consisting of 11 Mercedes-Benz GLS 450 and 12 Land...
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CBP Finds Meth Masquerading as Food
Wednesday, October 31, 2018 | Local Media ReleaseHOUSTON - U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agriculture specialists and officers inspecting cargo shipments discovered an unusual surprise hidden within food items at Houston Intercontinental Airport (IAH), Oct. 30. CBP officers and...
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CBP Prevents Smuggling of Nearly 900 Pounds of Invasive Mitten Crabs
Wednesday, October 31, 2018 | National Media ReleaseCINCINNATI—U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agriculture specialists discovered hundreds of pounds of invasive Chinese mitten crabs on October 16 while conducting routine inspection operations at a local express consignment facility. This...
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CBP Officers Seize Meth Worth Over $1.7 Million at the Laredo Port of Entry
Tuesday, October 30, 2018 | Local Media ReleaseLAREDO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers intercepted a large amount of narcotics during two enforcement actions over the weekend. Packages containing 42 pounds ofmethamphetamine seized by...
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Border Patrol Agents Seize Meth Hidden in Gas Tank
Tuesday, October 30, 2018 | Local Media ReleaseTUCSON, Ariz. – Nogales Border Patrol agents arrested a U.S. citizen Sunday morning after finding more than 27 pounds of methamphetamine inside his vehicle’s gas tank at the Interstate 19 Immigration Checkpoint. Shortly after 8 a.m., a 31-year-old...
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Eduardo Payan Selected as Chief Patrol Agent for U.S. Border Patrol’s Buffalo Sector
Tuesday, October 30, 2018 | Local Media ReleaseBUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Border Patrol Chief Carla L. Provost has appointed Eduardo Payan as the new Chief Patrol Agent (CPA) for the Buffalo Sector following the promotion of Brian S. Hastings to Deputy Chief, Law Enforcement Operations at U.S. Border...
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Nogales CBP Officers Interrupt Methamphetamine Smuggling Attempt
Tuesday, October 30, 2018 | Local Media ReleaseTUCSON, Ariz. –U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Arizona’s Port of Nogales arrested a Mexican national connected with a failed attempt to smuggle methamphetamine into the United States on Saturday. Officers removed packages of methfrom...
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