ICE's top 5 news stories for the week ending Sept. 19, 2014

Sept. 17, 2014 – $500,000 worth of drugs seized near US-Canada border

A half-million dollar drug load believed to be headed for Canada was seized by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Whatcom County Sheriff's Office. Full Story

Sept. 17, 2014 – 14 El Paso-area Barrio Azteca gang members, associates face federal charges

Fourteen El Paso-area Barrio Azteca Gang members and associates, including heroin supplier Rigoberto Alvarado of El Paso, are in custody due to an investigation by HSI special agents assigned to the Border Enforcement Security Task Force (BEST) participated in this multi-agency operation. Full Story

Sept. 19, 2014 – ICE arrests 81 during 4-day operation targeting criminal aliens, immigration fugitives in New England

As part of ICE’s ongoing efforts to focus agency resources on the removal of criminal aliens and egregious immigration law violators, 81 convicted criminal aliens, immigration fugitives and other immigration violators were arrested during a four-day operation in New England. Full Story

Sept. 15, 2014 – Dallas man sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for sex trafficking a minor

A Dallas man who met a 15-year-old run-away girl at a bus station, took her, and made her engage in sex acts for money, was sentenced Sept. 15 by U.S. District Judge David C. Godbey to 15 years in federal prison and a lifetime of supervised release. Full Story