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According to the criminal complaint, Leo De la Rosa-Meran, 45, a church pastor, engaged in sexually explicit telephone conversations with two 17-year-old female minors, both of whom he met through his church.

Milton Hugh Cashwell, a previously convicted sex offender, pleaded guilty to the charge March 29. During an undercover child pornography investigation in July 2012, an HSI special agent made contact with Cashwell after Cashwell offered to trade child pornography images online.

The 22 ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special response teams (SRT) nationwide comprise an elite group of law enforcement professionals whose primary task is serving warrants under hazardous conditions. Due to its highly physical demands, it would be fair to say that SRT is a boys club. That is, with the exception of Michelle Liles.

ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents, working jointly with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers, arrested two Culebra residents Sunday on drug trafficking charges and seized 3.2 kilograms of cocaine.

Dustin Howard Muscha pleaded guilty to two counts of sexually exploiting minors and two counts of possessing child pornography. Law enforcement authorities began investigating after a child pornography video involving a girl about 6 years old was discovered on a lost cell phone that was turned in to a Sprint retailer.

Daniel L. King possessed numerous videos in computer graphics files, the production of which involved the use of minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct.

ICE's HSI seized an additional $500,000 worth of counterfeit goods Friday from a shipment destined for a Baton Rouge store where HSI seized $1 million of counterfeit goods the day before.

A forensic analysis revealed that Martin Villalobos was in possession of 5,442 photographs and 164 videos of children, including prepubescent minors, nude and engaged in sexual acts with one another and adults. The evidence at trial also proved that Villalobos routinely used the Internet to solicit, receive and distribute such images.

Sulejman Mujagic, a citizen of Bosnia-Herzegovina and a resident of Utica, was extradited May 31 via John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. He arrived in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, June 1.

Bryan W. Corbitt tried to cover his tracks by using special software to erase all traces of the illicit images from his computer, but HSI forensics specialists were able to recover nearly 400 deleted images of child pornography. Several nude images found in Corbitt's possession were of children in a hospital setting.

Law enforcement officers conducted a forensic examination of Andrew Beasley's computers and hard drives and found that Beasley amassed more than 6,400 images and 265 videos depicting children being sexually abused and exploited.

Brock Boston and Leslie Woods were each sentenced Friday to more than 25 years in prison for producing sexually explicit videos of local minors, and possessing child pornography. The victims were ages 4 and 16 when the abuse took place.

A forfeiture judgment was executed Friday against real estate property with an estimated value of more than $700,000 in Rockville, Md., purchased with corruption proceeds traceable to Diepreye Solomon Peter Alamieyeseigha, a former Governor of Bayelsa State, Nigeria.

According to court documents, CBP officers discovered thousands of images and videos of child pornography on a laptop belonging to Gary Lee Reed, 47, of Blackfoot, Idaho, during a secondary inspection of his luggage. At the time of the inspection, Reed was returning to Port Canaveral onboard a cruise ship that had recently sailed to the Bahamas.

HSI seized 3,082 counterfeit items worth more than $1 million from a Baton Rouge business Thursday. The seized items included counterfeit designer clothing and electronics.

Jesus Quinones-Chavez, a Mexican man who attempted to smuggle seven illegal aliens, including a convicted felon, into the U.S. aboard a cabin cruiser that ran aground near San Clemente last September, faces up to 90 years in prison following his conviction in federal court Thursday.

Law enforcement officials seized 6,700 grams of synthetic drugs during the investigation. On Thursday, they seized an additional 50 pounds and $100,000 in cash from the organization.

Michael King, 31, of Kansas City, Mo., pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud May 30.

Campbell was also ordered to pay a $500 assessment to the Federal Crime Victim's Fund.

Bruce Lee Jennings made child pornography directly available for others to download from his Internet Protocol address and peer-to-peer file sharing directory. A forensic examination of his computers and hard drives found that Jennings amassed more than 1,490 images and 3,220 videos depicting images of children being sexually abused and exploited.

James Douglas Barding and his Ukrainian national mistress Darya Chernova allegedly approached at least one U.S. citizen to enlist in a scam marriage so that she could remain in the United States.

David Moe, 46, of Denver, appeared at the change of plea hearing in custody. U.S. District Court Judge William J. Martinez is scheduled to sentence Moe Sept. 10.

HSI special agents found Jason Trott's computer running upon entering the residence. The computer was connected to the Internet and displayed multiple websites depicting bestiality with a minor under 12 years old on the screen.

Samuel Nevarez-Ayon, a Mexican national who led an Idaho-based methamphetamine trafficking ring, was sentenced Thursday to 292 months in prison on charges stemming from a nine-month Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) probe led by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the FBI.