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37 arrested in San Diego area enforcement surge
March 26, 2010
|Enforcement and Removal
Officers escort man arrested during operation targeting criminal aliens and immigration fugitives. Most of those arrested had criminal records in addition to being in the country illegally.
ICE recovers Klee painting stolen from a Manhattan art gallery
March 24, 2010
|Cultural Property, Art and Antiquities Investigations
Bildnis in der Laube (Portrait in the Garden), a 1930 painting by Swiss artist Paul Klee, was reported stolen to the Art Loss Registry in 1989 and reported by an art gallery in Canada.
ICE returns Egyptian sarcophagus
March 9, 2010
|Cultural Property, Art and Antiquities Investigations
A 3,000-year-old wooden sarcophagus, seized in Miami, was returned to Egypt in a ceremony at the National Geographic Society after a 2-year international investigation.
Accused murderer of 17-year-old boy deported to Mexico
March 5, 2010
|Enforcement and Removal

DALLAS - A man who was wanted in Mexico for allegedly killing a 17-year-old boy in 2005 was deported on Thursday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Juan Jose Lopez-Juarez, 36, a Mexican national, was turned over to Mexican authorities March 4 at the Laredo, Texas, port of entry. The Mexican Procuraduría General de la República (PGR) took custody of Lopez-Juarez, who was wanted for homicide in the State of Michoacán, Mexico.

Pendant engraved with image of Peter the Great returned to Russian authorities
March 4, 2010
|Cultural Property, Art and Antiquities Investigations
A silver pendant with the image of Peter the Great was among 200 items stolen from Russia's State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg in 2006. ICE recovered the pendant in Seattle and returned it to Russia.
Twice-deported Mexican national indicted for illegal re-entry
March 1, 2010
|Enforcement and Removal

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A twice-deported criminal alien from Mexico was indicted on Monday in federal court for illegally re-entering the United States. The indictment resulted from an investigation conducted by U.S.

284 arrested in Texas operation targeting criminal aliens
February 26, 2010
|Enforcement and Removal
In Operation Cross Check, a three-day enforcement surge in Texas, ICE and its law enforcement partners arrested 284 at-large criminal aliens.
Previously deported Mexican predator arrested by ICE
February 26, 2010
|Child Exploitation
Jose Medrano-Zuniga was arrested by DRO officers assigned to the Criminal Alien Program (CAP), which oversees the screening and identification of criminal aliens. Based on his criminal and immigration history, Medrano will be held until he can be removed from the United States to Mexico.
ICE arrests 49 in operation targeting immigration fugitives, criminals
February 26, 2010
|Enforcement and Removal
Of the 49 arrested, 20 were arrested based on their prior criminal histories; some of their convictions and arrests include: carrying a concealed weapon, drug possession cocaine, fourth degree sexual assault, felony fraud, multiple OWIs (Operating while Intoxicated), and possession of methamphetamine. Of the 20 criminal aliens arrested, 18 are illegal aliens and two are U.S. permanent residents (green card holders) whose previous criminal convictions make them eligible for deportation.
Heritage items returned to Iraq
February 24, 2010
|Cultural Property, Art and Antiquities Investigations
ICE Assistant Secretary John Morton presented six cultural items to the Ambassador of Iraq to the United States, Samir Sumaida'ie, in a ceremony at the Iraqi Embassy in the nation's capital. The items ranged the timeline of Iraq's history, from its ancient past to its recent political history.
Salvadoran murder suspect removed from United States
February 24, 2010
|Enforcement and Removal

MESA, Ariz. - A Salvadoran national wanted for aggravated homicide in his native country was removed from the United States Wednesday morning by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Jose Dolores Sanchez-Rivera, 33, has been charged with aggravated homicide in El Salvador.

Mexican predator arrested by ICE
February 11, 2010
|Child Exploitation
Marcos Hernandez-Duran, 22, was arrested Wednesday by DRO officers assigned to Criminal Alien Operations, which involves the screening and identification of criminal aliens.
36 criminal aliens, fugitives arrested in ICE enforcement surge
January 29, 2010
|Enforcement and Removal

WASHINGTON - Thirty-two foreign nationals with criminal records and four fugitives were arrested in the Commonwealth of Virginia and Washington, D.C., following a four-day enforcement surge by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

During the operation, which concluded Thursday, ICE officers located and arrested 32 criminal aliens with prior convictions for a variety of crimes, including robbery and narcotics possession with intent to distribute and four immigration fugitives.

This special operation involved more than 20 officers from ICE and the U.S.

3 sexual predators arrested by ICE
January 26, 2010
|Child Exploitation
Manuel Elvir-Rodriguez, 21, and Elvis J. Correa, 22, both citizens of Honduras, and Elder Guzman-Reyes, a 27-year-old citizen of Mexico, were encountered by DRO officers while conducting Criminal Alien Program (CAP) screening at the Louisiana Department of Corrections.
Mexican predator arrested by ICE
January 22, 2010
|Child Exploitation
Juan Vera-Serna, 34, was identified by DRO officers on May 7, 2009, during screening at the Horn Lake Police Department following his arrest for simple assault, simple assault with intent and felony child fondling.
ICE featured on A&E's Manhunters
ICE on prime time reality TV series, 'Manhunters: Fugitive Task Force'
January 13, 2010
|Enforcement and Removal
"ICE's Fugitive Operations will be featured on a Jan. 14 broadcast of ""Manhunters,"" a prime time reality series on A&E."
US jury finds Pissarro artwork to be forfeitable as stolen property
January 11, 2010
|Cultural Property, Art and Antiquities Investigations
ICE announced the forfeiture of Le Marche following a Manhattan federal court trial that found the work was stolen from a French museum in 1981.
Mexican predator arrested by ICE
January 7, 2010
|Child Exploitation
Ignacio McDonald-Lopez, 47, was arrested as a result of the Joint Criminal Alien Removal Taskforce, which focuses on identifying, locating and arresting criminal aliens. McDonald-Lopez pleaded guilty in a Tennessee court in August 2000 to aggravated sexual battery and was later sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Murder suspect handed over to Mexican authorities
January 4, 2010
|Enforcement and Removal

NOGALES, Ariz. - A Mexican national wanted for homicide in his native country was turned over to representatives from the Mexican Attorney General's Office (PGR) at the border crossing in Nogales, Ariz., Monday morning by officers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Jose Antonio Mendoza-Serrano, 25, has been charged with homicide and the use of a firearm in Culiacan, Mexico. Prosecutors for the Justice of Baja, California Central District issued an arrest warrant for Mendoza on Nov. 10, 2009.

In June 2009, Mendoza was caught by U.S.

ICE returns stolen cultural religious artifacts to Peru
December 11, 2009
|Cultural Property, Art and Antiquities Investigations
8 Peruvian cultural religious artifacts seized in ICE investigation.
286 criminal aliens arrested in California surge
December 11, 2009
|Enforcement and Removal
More than 80 percent of those arrested during the 3-day operation, the largest ever targeting at large criminal aliens, were foreign nationals with prior convictions for serious or violent crimes.
Stolen antiquities returned to Italy
December 2, 2009
|Cultural Property, Art and Antiquities Investigations
A Corinthian column krater, left, and a Pompeii wall panel fresco, stolen from Italy and recovered by ICE in New York, were returned to the Italian government in a ceremony.
Mexican murder suspect handed over to Mexican authorities
November 12, 2009
|Enforcement and Removal

NOGALES, Ariz. - A Mexican national wanted for vehicular homicide in his native country was turned over to representatives from the Mexican Attorney General's Office (PGR) at the border crossing in Nogales, Ariz., this morning by officers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Pablo Cruz-Rojas, 28, is suspected of causing a fatal traffic accident while driving under the influence in the state of Nayarit, Mexico, in July 2008.

New ICE initiative launched at Pinellas County jails
November 11, 2009
|Enforcement and Removal
The initiative, Secure Communities, is administered by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and enables ICE to determine whether an individual arrested by a participating state or local law enforcement agency is a dangerous criminal alien and take the appropriate action to remove the individual from the community.
ICE Fugitive Operations Team arrests indicted Mexican national in Mississippi
October 30, 2009
|Enforcement and Removal

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A Mexican national, who was indicted in U.S. District Court in Waco, Texas, for conspiracy to commit fraud related to identity documents, was arrested on Thursday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.

The ICE Fugitive Operations Team in Memphis, Tenn., received information that Saul Jaimes-Ortiz was suspected of being in the vicinity of Horn Lake, Miss., and that a federal warrant had been issued for his arrest. ICE agents, with the assistance of the U.S.

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