ICE's top 5 news stories for the week ending June 10, 2016

June 9, 2016 – ICE HSI, partners arrest 66 Massachusetts gang members on gun and drug charges

Sixty-six alleged gang members from the Boston metropolitan area were indicted in federal court on multiple charges related to conspiracy to commit murder and fueling a gun and drug pipeline across eastern Massachusetts. Full Story

June 6, 2016 – DHS and DOJ return valuable, ancient artifacts to India

The majority of the pieces repatriated in the ceremony were seized during Operation Hidden Idol, an investigation that began in 2007 after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents received a tip about a shipment of seven crates destined for the United States manifested as “marble garden table sets.” Examination of the shipment in question revealed numerous antiquities. Full Story

June 9, 2016 – Mexican fugitive wanted for rape deported by ICE El Paso officers

A citizen of Mexico wanted for a 2009 rape in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosi was deported Tuesday by officers with ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO). Full Story

June 3, 2016 – ICE partners with Europol to combat document forgery and migrant smuggling

ICE’s HSI supported a joint effort by 19 EU Member States targeting an organized crime network involved in the production and distribution of forged travel documents. Full Story

June 8, 2016 – ICE removes Chilean man sought for role in international armed theft ring

A Chilean man, who is wanted for questioning in his home country for his suspected role in an international theft ring, was turned over to authorities in Santiago Wednesday by officers with ICE’s ERO. Full Story