News Releases and Statements

According to court documents and evidence presented at sentencing, Gerald Robinson, 41, of Orlando, was a kilogram-level cocaine distributor in the Orlando area.

Juan Ruben Mendoza-Solis, 40, was deported from Chicago Sept. 26 via ICE charter aircraft and transferred to the custody of Mexican law enforcement authorities at the border crossing in Brownsville, Texas.

This joint effort was coordinated by HSI Rome, after receiving an invitation from the European Union Police Services Training Center, through the Carabinieri General Headquarters to participate in the training, which took place from Sept.15-26.

Jesus Pimentel-Lopez, of Aguililla, Mexico, was found guilty June 4 of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, and possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine.

Rogelio Guerrero, 46, a U.S. citizen residing in Mission, Texas, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Micaela Alvarez to 235 months in federal prison to be immediately followed by five years of supervised release. Guerrero was found guilty of the charges July 11 following a three-day trial.

Todd Alan Ramey, 43, was arrested in November 2013 by special agents of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) following a search warrant as his home.

Nearly 80 law enforcement officers from 30 Maine and Canadian agencies partnered with the newly-commissioned HSI task force in order to combat this form of modern day slavery across the state. The task force is designed to bring together the expertise, training, experience and law enforcement authorities of the partnered agencies to help identify human traffickers, and prosecute them while also protecting and aiding victims.

Carl Osborne, 38, in the guise of a federal officer, represented himself to be an ICE officer. According to court documents, between August 2012 and May 2013, on five separate occasions, Osborne, complete with a fake uniform, credentials, phony gun, and driving a vehicle equipped with lights and sirens, pulled over several vehicles in the Bronx and Westchester County.

From Sept. 13 through Sept. 26, 23 Dominican Republic officials participated in the ITAT program, which is held at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) in Glynco.

Six of the men, ages 22 to 51, are facing possible drug charges. The seventh suspect is being held for questioning in connection with an ongoing murder probe out of Sacramento.

Yoel Emilio Baez-Hernandez, 41, of Hialeah, was also ordered to pay a $73,000 fine and to forfeit an outboard motor go-fast vessel, a 2006 BMW vehicle, a liquor store license, equipment and inventory that are traceable to proceeds of the offenses. As part of his sentence, the court also entered a money judgment in the amount of $730,000, the proceeds of the charged criminal conduct. A federal jury found Baez-Hernandez guilty July 2.

Cristian Berrelleza-Verduzco, 31, pleaded guilty in April 2013 to multiple conspiracy counts related to distribution of controlled substances, money laundering, robbery and possession of firearms.

On Thursday, the team received the 2014 National Tactical Officers Association (NTOA) Unit Citation for Valor at the NTOA Annual Conference in Mobile, Alabama for its handling of a high-risk arrest warrant Aug. 1, 2013.

The 25 companies officially became members of ICE's Mutual Agreement between Government and Employers (IMAGE) Thursday during the largest IMAGE signing ceremony since inception of the program.

Caballero, also known as "El Chino," allegedly charged smuggling fees, equivalent to $7,000 per adult and $4,000 per child in US currency, to illegally smuggle individuals into the United States.

Joseph D. Maurizio, Jr., 69, a priest of the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown, was charged by criminal complaint with engaging in illicit sexual activity in Central America, and with possessing child pornography at the rectory at Our Lady Queen of Angels Church.

Each of the individuals were charged with money laundering and conspiracy to defraud the United States and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), by entering Boston's Logan International Airport with the intent to evade security procedures, and with the intent to commit a felony in a secure airport area.

HSI special agents arrested Reinaldo Colon-Aleman, 44, following a referral from the Puerto Rico Police Department's (PRPD) Sexual Crimes Division Jan. 15 regarding an adult male identified as Colon-Aleman.

On Thursday, Sept. 29, Guatemalan national Walter Polanco, 47, who had been living in North Dartmouth was removed by ICE special air charter flight to Guatemala City, Guatemala, and turned over to Guatemalan authorities.

During the operation that concluded September 18, ICE's National Fugitive Operations Program (NFOP), in coordination with the ICE Human Rights Violators and War Crimes Center (HRVWCC), arrested these fugitives via the ICE field offices of Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans, New York City and San Francisco.

Miguel Arreola-Avila, 39, was sentenced Sept. 19 by U.S. District Judge William Conley, Western District of Wisconsin, to 40 months in federal prison for illegally re-entering the United States after having been deported.

These arrests were part of a first-of-its-kind nationwide operation last week targeting suspected human rights violators in multiple cities across the United States.

Maxim Chukharev, 28, of San Jose, Costa Rica, helped maintain the technological infrastructure for Liberty Reserve, a company that operated one of the world's most widely used digital currency services. Chukharev was arrested in San Jose, Costa Rica, in May 2013.

This indictment resulted from a three-year joint investigation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the Minneapolis Police Department and St. Paul Police Department, operating under the auspices of Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) designation.

Richard Carvajal, 57, of Reading, admitted to conspiring with others in Monroe County, Berks County, and elsewhere, to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin.