Top Stories: Last Week


02/24/2017

BALTIMORE, MD

MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION


ICE celebrates Black History Month: NOBLE is committed to justice by action
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has participated in several NOBLE events over the past two years that have focused on three law enforcement areas: recruitment and retention, community outreach and 21st century policing and training.



02/22/2017

RALEIGH, NC

ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL


ICE arrests Honduran fugitive wanted for machete murders of 2 men
Francisco Escobar-Orellana, an unlawfully present Honduran national, was arrested by ICE deportation officers Tuesday morning near his Hope Mills residence during a targeted enforcement operation in concert with ICE Homeland Security Investigations special agents.



02/22/2017

PHOENIX, AZ

ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL


ICE deports man wanted in Mexico for murder
Servando Camacho-Velazquez (aka El Baron), 47, was transferred to the custody of representatives from Mexico’s Procuraduria General de la Republica (PGR) and Mexican immigration officials by ERO officers at the DeConcini Port of Entry in Nogales.



02/22/2017

NEWARK, NJ

CHILD EXPLOITATION


ICE urgently requests public's help locating a suspected predator
Constante Alvino Ore-Riveros, 64, is a citizen of Peru and a U.S. permanent resident. He is alleged to have sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl in New Jersey, resulting in the birth of a child in November 2014.

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I.C.E. News Releases


02/24/2017

BALTIMORE, MD



MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION


ICE celebrates Black History Month: NOBLE is committed to justice by action
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has participated in several NOBLE events over the past two years that have focused on three law enforcement areas: recruitment and retention, community outreach and 21st century policing and training.



02/23/2017

NEWARK, NJ



ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL


Dominican fugitive wanted for murder arrested in New Jersey
Kelbin Perez De Los Santos, 35, wanted by the Dominican authorities for homicide, was taken into ICE custody on Tuesday. Perez De Los Santos allegedly shot and killed a victim during a dispute in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and fled to New Jersey in 2016.



02/23/2017

ATLANTA, GA



ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL


ICE detainee in Georgia sentenced for threatening federal officials
According to court documents, Delroy Anthony McLean, 42, threatened to “bash the head” of a federal immigration judge and also threatened the life of the judge’s husband during court proceedings. McLean was convicted of threatening a federal official after a jury trial Oct. 4-5 in Columbus.



02/23/2017

NEWARK, NJ



INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS


3 people plead guilty to conspiracy to import and traffic counterfeit electronic products
Andreina Becerra, 31, a Venezuelan national, Roberto Volpe, 34, an Italian national, and Rosario La Marca, 54, an Italian national and resident of Naples, Italy, were originally charged in an eight-count indictment returned in April 2015 with importing and trafficking fake iPhones, iPads and iPods bearing counterfeit Apple trademarks, and fake camcorders bearing counterfeit Sony trademarks, as well as smuggling, structuring and international money laundering.




02/23/2017

SPOKANE, WA



CHILD EXPLOITATION


Washington man sentenced to 5 years on child pornography charges
Kevin Michael Dettmer, 34, first came to the attention of HSI when he responded to a personal ad posted by an undercover HSI special agent. According to court documents, Dettmer began soliciting images from individuals he believed to be 12 and 13-year-old children.



02/22/2017

RALEIGH, NC



ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL


ICE arrests Honduran fugitive wanted for machete murders of 2 men
Francisco Escobar-Orellana, an unlawfully present Honduran national, was arrested by ICE deportation officers Tuesday morning near his Hope Mills residence during a targeted enforcement operation in concert with ICE Homeland Security Investigations special agents.



02/22/2017

PHOENIX, AZ



ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL


ICE deports man wanted in Mexico for murder
Servando Camacho-Velazquez (aka El Baron), 47, was transferred to the custody of representatives from Mexico’s Procuraduria General de la Republica (PGR) and Mexican immigration officials by ERO officers at the DeConcini Port of Entry in Nogales.



02/22/2017

NEWARK, NJ



CHILD EXPLOITATION


ICE urgently requests public's help locating a suspected predator
Constante Alvino Ore-Riveros, 64, is a citizen of Peru and a U.S. permanent resident. He is alleged to have sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl in New Jersey, resulting in the birth of a child in November 2014.



02/21/2017

WASHINGTON, DC



MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION


ICE celebrates Black History Month: the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Black History Month is the perfect time to welcome the NMAAHC and with it a huge piece of American history to the capital. Architect David Adjaye described its meaning best, “It’s a memorial and also a monument to an incredible contribution.”



02/21/2017

NEW YORK, NY



ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL


ICE arrests MS-13 gang member released from local custody on an active detainer
ERO officers arrested Marques Velasquez Feb. 16 in Queens, New York, pursuant to a final order of removal. He has been processed and is now in ERO detention pending removal.



02/17/2017

HOUSTON, TX



CHILD EXPLOITATION


Houston man sentenced to 80 years in prison for multiple counts involving child pornography
William Lee Niver, 49, of Houston, was sentenced Feb. 17 by U.S. District Judge Gray Miller to 360 months in prison for the sexual exploitation of a child, otherwise known as production of child pornography.



02/17/2017

CLEVELAND, OH



OPERATIONAL


African American History Month Spotlight: HSI Cleveland ASAC Michael Moreland
As Moreland reflects on African American History Month, he looks back in appreciation of how those in generations before him made sacrifices to make it possible for the opportunities of today.




02/17/2017

NEW YORK, NY



CHILD EXPLOITATION


FDNY Medical Technician arrested for child pornography charges
Alfred Pabon, 49, was arrested at his residence in the Bronx, New York. On the morning of his arrest, he had admitted to law enforcement that he had used his account to copy and forward images and videos containing child pornography as recently as within the last month.



02/17/2017

ATLANTA, GA



ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL


ICE arrests Mexican fugitive in Atlanta wanted for escape from Illinois prison
Jorge Soberanis-Rumaldo, an unlawfully present Mexican national, was arrested by ICE deportation officers Friday morning at his Atlanta residence during a targeted enforcement operation in concert with the U.S. Marshals Service Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force.



02/16/2017

RIVERSIDE, CA



CHILD EXPLOITATION


ICE HSI arrests Los Angeles-area man on federal charges for advertising, distributing, and possessing child pornography
Jerry Glen Moran Jr., 63, of Perris, was taken into custody without incident pending an arraignment in U.S. District Court. Moran is named in a four-count indictment handed down Feb. 8 charging him with one count of advertising child pornography, two counts of distributing child pornography, and one count of possession of child pornography.



02/16/2017

SCRANTON, PA



NARCOTICS


Pennsylvania man pleads guilty to bath salts distribution in Texas-based conspiracy
Robert Benussi III, colluded with others to distribute drugs in the Luzerne County area in 2014 and 2015. The members of the conspiracy obtained the alpha-pvp from suppliers in China.




02/16/2017

TUCSON, AZ



CHILD EXPLOITATION


Nevada man sentenced to 30 years on federal child pornography charges
Nathaniel Tejeda, 30, of Reno, Nevada, appeared for his sentencing hearing in U.S. District Court Feb. 9. He was indicted in April 2016 for producing and distributing child pornography depicting infants and toddlers.



02/15/2017

POCATELLO, ID



CHILD EXPLOITATION


Idaho man sentenced to 25 years on child pornography charges
Erik Rodriguez, 25, pleaded guilty Aug. 24 and, according to court documents, admitted to possessing and producing child pornography.



02/15/2017

LOS ANGELES, CA



COUNTER PROLIFERATION INVESTIGATION UNIT


Long Beach woman pleads guilty to illegally shipping large quantity of ammunition to the Philippines
Marlou Mendoz, 61, pleaded guilty Monday in U.S. District Court to three counts of failing to provide the required written notice to freight forwarders that she was shipping ammunition to a foreign country.



02/14/2017

SAN JUAN, <acronym title="Google Page Ranking">PR</acronym>



NARCOTICS


12 individuals indicted, arrested for drug trafficking in Puerto Rico
Six current and former TSA employees, Jose Cruz-Lopez, Luis Vázquez-Acevedo, Keila Carrasquillo, Carlos Rafael Adorno-Hiraldo, Antonio Vargas-Saavedra and Daniel Cruz-Echevarria allegedly smuggled multi-kilogram quantities of cocaine while employed as TSA officers at the San Juan airport.




02/14/2017

SANTA CRUZ, CA



TRANSNATIONAL GANGS


ICE-led probe leads to indictment of 10 alleged Northern California gang members on drug trafficking and extortion charges
The defendants charged with extortion are: Velarmino Escobar-Ayala, aka Meduza; Tomas Rivera, aka Profugo; Ismael Alvarenga-Rivera, aka Casper; Willfredo Edgardo-Ayala, aka Chino; Jose David Abrego-Galdamez, aka Largo; Melvin Lopez, aka Sharky; and Alexander Martinez-Flores, aka Pocar.



02/14/2017

DES MOINES, WA



CHILD EXPLOITATION


Former Washington man convicted of sexually explicit conduct with sleeping children
Robert D. Thorson, 58, was arrested May 30 after his girlfriend contacted the Des Moines police alerting them to sexually explicit images of minors found on Thorson’s phone.



02/13/2017

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CHILD EXPLOITATION


ICE arrests Puerto Rican teacher, coach on child exploitation charges
Alexander Greaux-Gomez, 39, was arrested at his place of residence in Salinas following an HSI investigation that revealed that he allegedly engaged in criminal sexual conduct with a 15-year-old female minor.



02/13/2017

WASHINGTON, DC



MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION


Statement from Secretary Kelly on recent ICE enforcement actions
Last week, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) launched a series of targeted enforcement operations across the country. These operations targeted public safety threats, such as convicted criminal aliens and gang members, as well as individuals who have violated our nation’s immigration laws, including those who illegally re-entered the country after being removed and immigration fugitives ordered removed by federal immigration judges.




02/10/2017

PHOENIX, AZ



ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL


ICE Phoenix officers deport convicted felon to Mexico to face 1999 kidnapping charges
Sebastian Medina-Cuabras, aka Carlos Lopez-Barraza, 39,was transferred to the custody of representatives from Mexico's Procuraduria General de la Republica (PGR) and Mexican immigration officials by ERO officers at the Nogales (Arizona) DeConcini Port of Entry.

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