News Releases and Statements

Two undocumented alien siblings from Mexico were sentenced Tuesday to 10 months in federal prison following a probe spearheaded by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) that revealed the pair manufactured and sold counterfeit identity and immigration documents in the Bay Area.

Julio Cesar Ramirez, who according to court documents is a major figure within the Riverside-based Casa Blanca Vagabundos street gang, was sentenced Monday for distribution of methamphetamine, being a felon in possession of a firearm, and possession of an unregistered firearm, all felonies.

Mikkail Antonio Nolasco Jimenez was arrested at Bush Intercontinental Airport after it was determined he had allegedly ingested 53 pellets containing cocaine.

A jury convicted Juan Roberto Rincon-Rincon Sept. 28, 2012 following seven days of trial and less than two hours of deliberation.

HSI Public Safety Group encountered the illegal immigrants during a routine Form I-9 audit.

A Charlotte federal jury convicted Jorge Molina-Sanchez Friday of conspiring to distribute cocaine and heroin throughout North Carolina following an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Rowan County Sheriff's Office.

HSI is seeking any tips about the possible identity or whereabouts of John Doe, who is believed to be located somewhere in the United States.

Paul Graham Fry, 55, of Ontario, Canada, admitted in his guilty plea that he joined Dreamboard in December 2009 and that he posted more than 2,700 videos containing child pornography. Kevin Casey, 40, of Palos Verdes, Calif., admitted in his guilty plea that he joined Dreamboard in April 2010 and he posted ads offering to distribute child pornography to other members of the board.

Jonathan Kearn, 38 of Topeka, was charged with one count each of producing, distributing and possessing child pornography.

Efrain Rivera-Rico, 32, was deported via an ICE AIR Operations charter flight May 10 and turned over to the Mexican authorities at the Brownsville Port of Entry in Texas.

Law enforcement officers arrested Peter D. Kitt and Shawn D. Franklin Friday morning for their roles in the ring.

An Argentine man, Felix Gabriel Alderete, has been sentenced for trafficking in prescription drugs, including Lorazepam, Diazepam, Alprazolam, Ketamine, and Sibutramine, following a probe by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

An elementary school teacher in Luquillo, Orlando Pena-Lopez, was arrested Thursday following an HSI investigation that revealed he has been engaging in attempted sexual enticement of one of his sixth grade students.

James Raymond Schimmel met the minor victim through the Internet and convinced the victim to meet in person for the purpose of engaging in criminal sexual activity, which Schimmel then video recorded without the victim's knowledge.

Yanira del Carmen Guerrero Andrade, an illegal alien from El Salvador who was residing in Adelphi, Md., was sentenced Friday to 132 months in federal prison for recruiting a 15-year-old, pregnant runaway to engage in commercial sex acts for a trafficking ring with ties to the notorious street gang Mara Salvatrucha Thirteen (MS-13).

Reinaldo Diaz-Camacho, 48, of Moca, was arrested at the Sheraton Four Points Hotel in Caguas. On May 6, the Puerto Rico Police Department made a referral to HSI regarding an adult male who was engaging in sexually explicit conversations with a 16-year-old male identified as John Doe via Facebook.

In addition to a Tyrannosaurus Bataar skeleton previously forfeited to the United States and successfully repatriated by ICE to the Mongolian government May 6 by ICE Director John Morton, ICE has recovered additional dinosaur fossils the agency plans to return to the Government of Mongolia.

A four-count federal indictment was unsealed in Brooklyn May 9 charging eight defendants with participating in two worldwide cyberattacks that inflicted $45 million in losses on the global financial system in a matter of hours.

A federal grand jury returned an indictment Thursday against Carlos Alberto Torres-Eufracio, a Mexican national who attempted to smuggle more than 15 pounds of methamphetamine into the U.S. through Sacramento International Airport concealed inside two decorative wooden carts.

Ruth Saenz, 30, of Sunland Park, N.M., and Janeth Flores, 33, of the 1700 block of Lee Trevino Drive, are charged with making a false statement in applications for passports. They are both scheduled to have their detention hearings May 9 in federal court.

Paul Bauer of Dallas, Texas, was sentenced May 8 to three years in federal prison in a fraud conspiracy scheme that stole approximately $4 million from a Venezuelan fishing company.

Fredy Marcelo Arbito was detained by Panamanian law enforcement at a police checkpoint April 5 based on an Interpol Red Notice and arrest warrant issued in the District of New Jersey for possession of child pornography. HSI Newark had issued a public appeal in March 2013 for assistance in locating Arbito.

Muhammed Farooq, 49, of Somerset, N.J., was arrested May 8 and charged with money laundering, theft by deception and food stamp fraud.

Anthony Maurice Cottle, a former firefighter with the Baltimore County Fire Department, engaged in sexually explicit conduct with two minor males in order to produce visual depictions of the abuse, including two videos.

Michael S. Mackay was indicted Tuesday on federal charges of mail fraud for his role in a scheme where victims applied to work-at-home ads on the Internet believing they would work as "secret shoppers" or payment processors.