News Releases and Statements

A Maryland document trafficker was sentenced to more than eight years in prison for manufacturing, selling and transferring fraudulent identification documents, including permanent resident cards, and Social Security cards following an investigation by ICE's HSI, the SSA Office of Inspector General, the U.S. State Dept. DSS and the Maryland MVA.

"A Long Island biomedical company, Avery Biomedical Devices, Inc., has partnered with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) by joining the agency's employment compliance program IMAGE, or ""ICE Mutual Agreement between Government and Employers."""

ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), working jointly with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Luis Munoz Marin International Airport, seized six kilograms of cocaine Monday from a flight arriving from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

A Connecticut man was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiring to distribute cocaine.

"When you sit down with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Deputy Director Kumar Kibble, he'll tell you ""bad guys don't respect our borders, and we need international partnerships to keep up with them."" He makes this statement on the heels of a recent trip to Israel and the Palestinian Authority."

The Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) presented its first ever private sector/government partnership award to ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), and JP Morgan Chase & Co.

William John Krygsman, a Canadian national who was wanted on sexual assault and child pornography charges in his home country, was deported and turned over to Canadian law enforcement officials March 20 by officers with ICE's Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO).

According to the criminal complaint, on Oct. 1, 2011, Hector Caceres-Segui induced a 16-year-old female minor, identified as 'Jane Doe,' to engage in sexually explicit conduct, namely the lascivious exhibition of the genital areas and performance of sexual acts, for the purpose of producing a visual depiction in the form of still images.

Alfredo Carrillo, a Guatemalan national residing in Providence, R.I., who was wanted in his home country for numerous criminal charges including homicide, kidnapping and escaping from prison, was turned over to Guatemalan law enforcement authorities today by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

Tommie Rand Pierce was sentenced to more than four years in prison for impersonating a federal agent Thursday following an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). Pierce defrauded aliens by leading them to believe he was a federal agent with authority within ICE to obtain approval of immigration applications.

Late last week, federal authorities arrested 19 individuals in nine states for their involvement in Operation "Open Market," an investigation into a transnational criminal organization operating principally out of Las Vegas.

Anthony Derick Howard, 45, of Hinesville, Ga., attempted to cross the border March 30, 2011, at the Peace Bridge Port of Entry in Buffalo while operating a tractor-trailer. After being pulled over for a secondary inspection, he was found to be in possession of two knives and two firearms.

Dagoberto Castaneda was sentenced to three years in federal prison for possessing child pornography following an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the FBI and the Baltimore County Police Department. Castaneda's computers contained more than 600 images of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct.

Rey Anthony Anderson of Victor, N.Y., has pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm by an alien unlawfully in the United States; making a false claim to U.S. citizenship; and aggravated identity theft. This investigation is being conducted by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

Georgios Sgouros, from Athens, Greece, was sentenced this week to serve 10 years in federal prison for traveling with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct in a case investigated by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). An undercover special agent engaged in an Internet chat with Sgouros who expressed interest in traveling...

Juan Rodriguez-Lopez was sentenced Wednesday to more than eight years in federal prison for his role in a cocaine trafficking conspiracy following an investigation led by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

Joe Frank Rios, 45, was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge Hayden Head, further ordering Rios to serve a life term on supervised release and register as a sex offender. Rios pleaded guilty Jan. 12, admitting he possessed multiple videos and images of child pornography which consisted of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct.

Nicholas Brown, 25, was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge Janis Graham Jack, which will be followed by a life-year-term of supervised released. He was also ordered to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life.

According to information provided in court, Guevara and Rodriguez were the leaders of a criminal group of seven individuals that picked up guns and ammunition in Dallas and Austin, Texas, and then smuggled them into Mexico through Eagle Pass, Texas.

Thirty-one defendants were indicted for their roles in a $1 million drug trafficking conspiracy that distributed at least 15 kilograms of methamphetamine, as well as cocaine and marijuana. These charges resulted from an investigation conducted by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI); the Jackson County Drug Task Force; the Kansas City...

Luis Ahorrio of Queens, New York was sentenced to 10 years in prison after he attempted to drive more than 300 grams of crack cocaine through Maryland, following an investigation led by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

Herman H. Kamphuis, 43, of Cedar Springs, Mich., is in federal custody, charged with attempted sexual exploitation of a minor for unlawful sexual activity, after he traveled from his home to Columbus, Ohio, to have sex with two pre-teen girls.

Michael Allen Alper, 35, of Silver Spring, Md., was sentenced Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Roger W. Titus to 14 years in prison, followed by supervised release for life, for coercing a minor to engage in sex. He also admitted to raping a 14-year-old girl. Judge Titus ordered that upon his release from prison, Alper must register as a sex offender in the place where he resides, where he is an employee and where he is a student, under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA).

David John Hammeren, a former Los Angeles police officer and special forces medic, was sentenced on Wednesday to serve 17 years in federal prison for receiving child pornography, following an investigation conducted by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

The Karnes County Civil Detention Center is a 608-bed civil immigration detention facility, designed to house adult male, low-risk, minimum security detainees.