News Releases and Statements

Han Sa Yu, 44, a resident of Maryland who is originally from South Korea, was sentenced today to 210 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for extorting Korean businesses operating in Annandale, Va.

Each shipment consisted of hundreds of kilograms.

Andres Sanpedro-Jeronimo, 30, formerly of Magna and Angel Adrian Jauregui-Lopez, 24, formerly of Orem, were removed from the Salt Lake City area to Mexico after completing prison terms at correctional facilities in Utah.

A southern Minnesota man was sentenced in federal court Thursday for transporting illegal aliens.

James Lynn Jones operated Lot-O-Games in Jones County, Texas

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director John Morton delivered a keynote address to the Anti-Human Trafficking Symposium at Georgetown University, January 30.

Fake jerseys, ball caps, T-shirts, jackets and other souvenirs are among the counterfeit merchandise and clothing confiscated by teams of special agents and officers from ICE's Homeland Security Investigations.

An Ocean Township, N.J., man pleaded guilty Jan. 14 to the manufacture and sale of fraudulent government documents. If convicted, he faces up to eight years in prison.

U.S. District Judge Micaela Alvarez accepted the guilty plea of Jose Alaniz-Allen, 22, and set sentencing for May 16. At that time, Alaniz-Allen faces up to 20 years in federal prison and a possible $250,000 fine. He will remain in custody pending his sentencing.

A federal indictment was unsealed Wednesday charging a Tampa man with making false statements in connection with his naturalization application.

Two members of the Mara Salvatrucha aka MS-13 gang, Jose Rodas-Alvarado and Roni Arriola-Palma, were arrested Monday on charges of first- and second-degree attempted murder, kidnapping, first- and second-degree assault, theft, and reckless endangerment following an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), PG County...

ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Washington, D.C., and state law enforcement partners investigated James Raymond Schimmel of Alexandria, Va., for engaging with a minor through the Internet and convincing the victim to meet in person for the purpose of engaging in criminal sexual activity.

Nathan Brown was sentenced Tuesday to 60 years in federal prison for producing and possessing images and videos of child pornography. Between January 2010 and November 2011, Brown produced still images and videos of three different children engaged in sexually explicit conduct.

Former Rio Hondo, Texas, police officer Armando Duenez pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiracy to illegally export firearms and failure to appear. Duenez admitted purchasing more than 15 semi-automatic rifles that were later sold in Mexico.

Brock Boston and Leslie Woods face charges of producing sexually explicit videos of local minors and possessing child pornography. The victims were ages 4 and 16 when the alleged abuse took place.

Francisco Jose Cantu, 27, of Andrews, Texas, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge David Counts Monday and admitted that in October 2012 he received images of child pornography via the Internet.

Suspect relied on several collusive merchants who possessed credit card processing machines.

A woman from Los Angeles, Calif., was convicted Thursday of conspiracy to transport and harbor aliens resulting in the death of a 38-year-old illegal alien from Mexico, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson, Southern District of Texas.

Ricardo Hinojosa, a resident of Roma, Texas, was sentenced Wednesday to 12 years and seven months in federal prison following his conviction for possession with intent to distribute more than 100 kilograms of marijuana. This case was investigated by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

Three Colombian nationals were deported Monday by officers with ICE's Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO). They were convicted of conspiracy to fraudulently attempt to export airplane engines used in F-5 fighter jets from the United States to Iran after an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

Mohanad Shareef Hammadi, 25, was sentenced Jan. 29 to life in federal prison. Waad Ramadan Alwan, 31, was sentenced to 40 years in federal prison, followed by a life term of supervised release. Both men had pleaded guilty to federal terrorism charges.

Christopher Daves, 26, of Albuquerque, was also sentenced to five years of supervised release after he completes his prison sentence; he also will be required to register as a sex offender.

Jesus Orta, 41, was sentenced to 110 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Janis Graham Jack. Orta must also serve a lifetime of supervised release after he completes his prison term. In handing down Orta's sentence, Jack noted his crime and his troubling history of employment, which placed him around children.

As part of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) ongoing commitment to prioritizing the removal of criminal aliens and egregious immigration law violators, 51 convicted criminal aliens, immigration fugitives and immigration violators were arrested last week during a four-day operation in northern Illinois and northwest Indiana.