News Releases and Statements
News Releases and Statements
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has authorized U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson, Southern District of Texas, to seek the death penalty against William Rene Duran-Gomez, a U.S. permanent resident from El Salvador, for harboring aliens which resulted in the beating death of two Honduran men.
The arrest of 64 men and women for solicitation of prostitution was announced Friday by the Bexar County Sheriff's Office (BCSO), ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), and the San Antonio Police Department.
Three Laredo residents were sentenced Wednesday for their roles in an alien transporting conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson, Southern District of Texas.
Four Mexican nationals were charged Tuesday in federal court in a massive human smuggling case that resulted in the rescue of 82 illegal aliens in a Houston residence. The investigation is being conducted by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Houston Police Department.
An illegal alien from Mexico, Carlos Martinez-Aguilar, was sentenced Tuesday to 36 months in prison for harboring illegal aliens after an investigation conducted by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Houston Police Department (HPD).
On Thursday, special agents of ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), and detectives and officers of the Maryland State Police (MSP), Howard County Police Department (HCPD), Anne Arundel County Police Department (AACOPD) and Laurel City Police Department (LCPD) conducted an enforcement operation targeting individuals soliciting prostitution
Jesus Quinones-Chavez made his initial appearance in federal court Wednesday on charges stemming from his alleged role in an effort to smuggle seven Mexican nationals into the United States from Mexico onboard a cabin cruiser that came ashore near San Clemente Monday morning.
Eighty-two individuals, who were allegedly held as hostages, were freed Wednesday from a human smuggling stash house - and an additional four suspected human smugglers were arrested - by special agents from ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), and officers from the Houston Police Department (HPD).
A 70-year-old female bar owner, Song Ja Cha, was sentenced in federal court Thursday to life in prison for her involvement in a sex trafficking scheme that forced young women and one juvenile girl into prostitution.
A total of 28 individuals were arrested Tuesday, with 12 being federally charged with alien transportation and harboring. This case is being investigated by ICE's HSI, with the assistance of CBP's Border Patrol.
A main operator of an international scheme responsible for smuggling into the United States hundreds of illegal aliens from Brazil, India and elsewhere was sentenced Thursday to 46 months in prison.
Yimmy Anthony Pineda Penado, a former clique leader of MS-13 in Maryland, pleaded guilty Monday for his role in a gang-run juvenile prostitution ring.
Steven Donald Lemery was sentenced to 80 years in prison Wednesday by Douglas County Superior Court Judge David. T. Emerson.
Julio Cesar Revolorio Ramos of Adelphi, Md., was arrested late yesterday by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents on federal charges of transporting a teen girl as part of his prostitution business.
Several injured individuals and one deceased person were located near the scene of the crash.
Eusebio Arce-Padilla, 57, of Rio Rico, and Miguel Torres-Organiz, 62, of Tucson, were convicted in absentia after both absconded during the trial. The court has issued arrest warrants for the pair, who are scheduled to be sentenced Oct.1 by U.S. District Judge Cindy K. Jorgenson.
Craig Jerome Gadley Jr. and Joshua Alexander Smith pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to sex trafficking charges. Law enforcement learned in June 2011 that a 16-year-old female had been working as a prostitute for Gadley in and around the Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) area.
A Mexican national, Jorge Luis Gallegos, appeared before a U.S. magistrate judge Wednesday to face charges for allegedly harboring and transporting five illegal aliens who were discovered boarding a plane at the McAllen-Miller International Airport. This case is being investigated ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), with the assistance...
A Ukrainian man, Omelyan Botsvynyuk, was sentenced Monday to life in prison for operating a human trafficking organization which smuggled young Ukrainian immigrants into the United States and forced them to work for little or no pay. The investigation was conducted by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) as part of the Joint FBI...
More than 100 representatives from the government and private sectors, including high-level law enforcement representatives from the U.S. and Mexico, convened in Los Angeles Thursday for a binational summit to strategize on ways to enhance existing efforts to combat human trafficking in both countries.
A Mexican fugitive who was extradited back to Mississippi to face human smuggling charges was sentenced to more than three years in prison Wednesday, following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
Three Mexican men face federal human smuggling and illegal reentry charges after the drop house they were allegedly operating in Mesa was discovered by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents Wednesday.
A local woman was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison Thursday for her role in a conspiracy to transport and harbor illegal aliens, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson, Southern District of Texas.
Charles Marquez and Martha Jimenez Sanchez are scheduled to have detention hearings Wednesday in El Paso federal court in connection with a prostitution scheme involving a minor. The defendants recruited females in Mexico by placing ads in a Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, newspaper offering jobs in the United States...
A Los Angeles man, along with his current wife and ex-wife, face federal charges following a 10-month probe that allegedly revealed they recruited women in Eastern Europe and arranged for them to come to the Los Angeles area to work as prostitutes.
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