News Releases and Statements

Shem Wayne Alexander, 35, of Port of Spain, Trinidad, faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison.

On Jan. 29, William Panzera, 51, of North Haledon, New Jersey was convicted of drug trafficking conspiracy and international promotional money laundering conspiracy at the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Javier Irazabal-Rodriguez , 27, was previously convicted of sexual assault of a child on May 13, 2024, and sentenced to 10 years of probation, while Jhonatan Johan Romero-Pineda, 34, and Uzcategui-Uzcategui, 27, have been identified as active associates of the Tren de Aragua transnational criminal organization.

ICE conducted enhanced enforcement operations in Chicago and New York this week with routine daily enforcement occurring around the country, including in Baltimore and Houston.

ICE removed Ionel Cirpaci, a 61-year-old Romanian national wanted in his home country for human trafficking Jan. 30, via a commercial flight.

Elizabeth Ramirez-Medina, 39, faces a maximum penalty of two years in federal prison if convicted. She was arraigned on Jan. 28, 2025, and is currently detained pending the resolution of the criminal case.

ICE activities in Palm Beach County, Fla., recently netted 32 illegal aliens from various counties with criminal convictions which included drug possession, prostitution, illegal re-entry, resisting an officer, robbery, probation violation, fraud (illegal use of a credit card), larceny, cocaine possession, driving under the influence and possession of stolen property.

An investigation by ICE has led to Jonathan Javier Godoy-Pivaral, 29, an illegal alien from Honduras who was previously deported from the United States, being sentenced to more than five months in prison for illegally reentering the U.S.

ICE apprehended an illegally present Haitian national charged with assault and battery and indecent assault and battery of a person 14 years or older when ICE officers arrested Jean Yves Yves Ovilme, 37, January 22 in Boston.

ICE apprehended an illegally present Salvadoran national convicted of sexually assaulting a Virginia resident when officers with ICE Washington, D.C. arrested Nicolas Alberto Hernandez-Lopez, 46, Jan. 15 in Fairfax County, Virginia.

ICE Boston officers arrested Cesar Augusto Polanco, 59, an illegally present Dominican national convicted of murder in Massachusetts.

ICE arrested Mexican national Jorge Ivan Romero, 43, in El Paso, Texas, Jan. 29.

ICE officers arrested Sandra Ordaz, 47, an illegally present citizen of Mexico, Jan. 27 in Pomona, California, during an enforcement operation.

ICE apprehended a citizen of Ghana who was convicted of sex crimes with a minor when officers arrested Joseph Osei Boateng January 29 in Columbus, Ohio.

ICE apprehended an illegally present Mexican national with a conviction for hit and run when officers arrested Hernandez-Gomez January 28 in Detroit.

ICE officers arrest illegal alien Jesus Romero-Hernandez after sheriff refuses to honor a federal warrant

ICE arrested Luis Gualdron-Gualdron, a citizen and national of Venezuela who previously entered the United States without inspection, Jan. 31 without incident near the Northampton County Prison shortly after an immigration detainer was not honored.

ICE arrested Juan Benitez-Ortega, 48, an illegally present Mexican national in Adams County, Colorado, Jan. 30.

The arrest unfolded after agents discovered information on the whereabouts of one of the illegal alien who was previously convicted for a felony, after fleeing the scene of an accident involving a death/serious injuries.

Sadeq Ali Quraishi, 47, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Angel Kelley to 10 years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release. In October 2024, Quraishi was convicted of one count of attempted sex trafficking of a child.

Marvin Estuardo Morales De Paz, 30, of Cranston, was one of as many as a dozen members of a Rhode Island-based conspiracy of individuals who traveled to home improvement and clothing stores in at least five states to commit thefts.

Alberto Christian Quiroz, 32, of Gainesville, faces a minimum sentence of 10 years, up to life, in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.

Corey James Jarboe, 30, of Owensboro, Kentucky, was also ordered to 10 years of supervised release upon competition of his sentence.

ICE encountered, interviewed and arrested seven illegal aliens for immigration violations, who were subsequently detained pending removal. Of those, six were from Mexico and one was from the Dominican Republic.

All four individuals will remain in ICE custody pending removal proceedings.