News Releases and Statements

A Silver Spring, Md., man, Carlton Williams, was sentenced Monday to five years in federal prison for receipt of child pornography, following an investigation by ICE's HSI and the NCIS.

HSI Executive Associate Director James A. Dinkins was elected chair of the World Customs Organization's enforcement committee at its four-day meeting last month in Brussels, Belgium. The committee was established in 1983 to develop strategies to combat customs offenses.

The co-owners and three employees of a Los Angeles toy company are expected to make their initial appearances in federal court Monday afternoon following their indictment for allegedly orchestrating an elaborate financial scheme to launder millions of dollars for drug trafficking organizations in Mexico and Colombia.

A jury convicted a southeast Texas man Monday for possessing with intent to distribute 637 kilograms (1,401 pounds) of marijuana, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson, Southern District of Texas.

A local man was sentenced to 24 years and five months in federal prison April 13 for his leadership role in an El Paso-based narcotics trafficking organization that imported tons of marijuana from Mexico.

A south Texas man was sentenced Monday to 21 years and 10 months in federal prison for smuggling tons of marijuana into the United States from Mexico, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson, Southern District of Texas.

A man from Mexico, who is wanted for homicide and aggravated assault in his home country, was deported and turned over to Mexican law enforcement officials Wednesday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO).

The former chief executive officer of a publicly held food products company on the NASDAQ that manufactured and distributed a line of baking mixes and spices was arrested today.

A Queens aerospace company has partnered with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) by joining the agency's employment compliance program IMAGE, or 'ICE Mutual Agreement between Government and Employers.'

Linden Heights Animal Hospital in Winchester, Va., has become the latest Washington-area employer to join a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) program designed to strengthen hiring practices and combat the unlawful employment of illegal aliens.

A 46-year-old man from Gabon, who was in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), passed away Thursday morning at the Aurora Medical Center in Aurora, Colo., after complaining of chest pains.

A Lakewood man arrested during a three-month federal crackdown on illegal firearms and violent repeat offenders in King County was found guilty Thursday by a federal jury.

Eric Joseph Alexander, 35, of Lafayette was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Rebecca F. Doherty as a result of Alexander's guilty plea in December 2008 to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, cocaine base and marijuana; possession of a firearm by a convicted felon; and, conspiracy to commit money laundering.

Federal and local investigators took one suspect into custody and seized more than 160 pounds of methamphetamine late Wednesday night following the discovery of two large-scale drug labs in separate residences in Van Nuys and Pomona.

Amado Cabrera Jr. was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in federal prison following a probe by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) that revealed he attempted to smuggle almost nine kilograms of methamphetamine into the United States and distribute it.

Two illegal aliens, Denis Sosa and Luis Enrique Solorio, were sentenced to federal prison Thursday for conspiracy to transport and harbor illegal aliens after an investigation conducted by the Houston Police Department (HPD) and ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

A Texas Mexican Mafia member was sentenced Thursday to two consecutive life sentences in federal prison plus 10 years for federal racketeering offenses and a murder in south Texas. This sentence was announced by U.S. Attorney Robert Pitman, Western District of Texas.

A Pennsylvania man was charged Thursday for smuggling counterfeit Viagra and Cialis pills into the United States. This case is being investigated by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) with assistance from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service.

Edgar Campos-Barraza, a man from Mexico who was wanted for kidnapping and other charges in his home country, was deported and turned over to Mexican law enforcement officials Thursday by ICE's Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO).

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents, working jointly with Caribbean Corridor Strike Force (CCSF) officers, seized 146 kilograms of cocaine and eight kilograms of heroin Friday with an approximate street value of $4 million.

Jose Rogerio Ferreira de Souza, a Brazilian national illegally residing in Massachusetts who was wanted in his home country for his involvement in an 'armed robbery resulting in death,' was turned over to Brazilian law enforcement authorities this morning.

Angel Luis Rivera, 41, pleaded guilty after evidence presented at the guilty plea hearing showed that on a number of occasions between 2009 and 2010 he sexually molested three children under the age of 14 in order to create pictures and videos of that conduct.

A Miami businessman pleaded guilty Wednesday in connection with the illegal receipt, purchase and sale of ozone-depleting refrigerant gas that had been smuggled into the US, following an investigation by ICE's HSI, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Criminal Investigation Division and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

Two men were arrested last week on charges of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 29 kilograms (64 pounds) of cocaine, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson, Southern District of Texas.

Six members of the Escobedo Drug Trafficking Organization were sentenced Wednesday for their respective roles in distributing tons of marijuana after an investigation led by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).