News Releases and Statements

ERO officers escorted Montalvo-Coreno through the Laredo port of entry in Texas, where he was turned over to Mexican authorities.

"Dean Myrie, aka Journey, a Jamaican national, was arrested July 3 by the New York Police Department (NYPD)/U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) Task Force, after the U.S. Marshals Service received a tip from someone who saw a June 29 episode of ""America's Most Wanted"" featuring Myrie. "

The arrest of Armando Suazo-Vazquez stemmed from a referral by the St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office in Florida stating that Suazo-Vazquez was using an Internet service provider to share child pornography through peer-to-peer networks.

Naranjan Patel, a citizen of India who fled the United States to avoid spending more than three years in prison following a federal immigration fraud conviction, was extradited from India on Thursday to face the punishment for his crimes. The investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) led to the arrest and extradition.

Pedro Alvarado and Arnoldo Alvarado from Hargill, Texas, were arrested and charged Thursday with assaulting a special agent with ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

Two former Department of Defense employees, Adeba Sultana and Mohammad Ali Rabbani, pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to attempting to illegally obtain and illegally obtaining U.S. citizenship following a probe by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Department of State.

A Korean national wanted in his native country for allegedly embezzling the bank he worked for out of $45 million was turned over to South Korean law enforcement representatives Friday at Seoul Incheon International Airport by officers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO).

Anel Violeta Noriega Rios, a fugitive female member of La Familia Michoacana cartel for whom Mexico offered a $5 million peso reward, is in custody in her native country following her capture in Los Angeles last week and subsequent deportation.

Harouna Bangoura, a native and citizen of Guinea and active gang member of the Bloods, was sentenced July 2 to one year in federal prison for willfully failing to comply with the terms and conditions of his release under order of supervision from the custody of ICE's Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO).

Tony Alvarez, A 19-year-old local man, pleaded guilty Thursday to one count of possessing child pornography. Alvarez admitted using his computer to search for and download images of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct. He also saved several of these images on his laptop computer and on a memory stick.

Randall V. Roberts pleaded guilty Friday to charges he enticed a minor into illegal sexual activity. The plea follows an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

Jovana Samaniego Deas, a former special agent with ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), was sentenced Friday to 30 months in federal prison following a multi-agency investigation that revealed she illegally accessed, stole and transferred sensitive U.S. government documents to unauthorized individuals and obstructed HSI investigations.

The residents of the Tohono O'odham Nation embarked on a unique partnership with ICE's legacy agency, the U.S. Customs Service, in 1974. The two organizations formed the Shadow Wolves, ICE's tactical patrol unit.

John Harlan Mullins, a former Henrico County sheriff's deputy, was sentenced on June 29 to seven years and 11 months in prison for possessing hundreds of child pornography images stored on his computer, following an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

Abimael Cardenales was sentenced to 60 years in prison for producing child pornography, following an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Virginia Beach Police Department. Cardenales produced child pornography involving two different special needs minors, ages 13 and 15.

Scott Tartan was sentenced Friday to 17 ½ years in federal prison following his February guilty plea to one count of transporting and shipping child pornography, after child pornography was discovered on a cell phone that he left at a gas station.

A man formerly of Cypress, Texas, and Detroit, Mich., was sentenced Friday to 15 years and eight months in prison for drug trafficking and money laundering. This sentence was announced by U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson, Southern District of Texas.

ICE's HSI special agents arrested 47-year-old DEA fugitive Juan Carlos Guadalupe-Nunez Thursday in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. He is wanted in the state of Massachusetts for money laundering.

ICE's top 5 stories for the week ending June 29, 2012

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.

Marcos Mejia-Rosales was repatriated to Honduras aboard a removal flight chartered by ICE's Air Operations Unit. Mejia-Rosales was discovered in the King County Jail in November 2010 by Seattle ERO officers assigned to the Criminal Alien Program.

Johnny Soza has been indicted by a federal grand jury and accused of enticing a 15-year-old girl in Canada to engage in sexually explicit conduct for him online, following an investigation led ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

Han Sa Yu, 43, a citizen of the Republic of Korea living in Fairfax, Va., is alleged to be the leader of the Korean Night Breeders, and Je Hyung Yoo, 29, a citizen of the Republic of Korea who is unlawfully present in the United States and living in Rockville, Md., are each charged with conspiracy to commit extortion, attempted extortion and four counts of extortion.

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.

Carl George, 50, of New Castle, Pa., was also sentenced by United States District Judge Terrence F. McVerry to six years of supervised release following the prison term. According to court documents, George possessed videos and still images in computer graphics files involving the use of minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct.