News Releases and Statements

Juan Jose Cabrera Jr. of Pharr, Texas was sentenced Friday to nearly four years in federal prison for possessing with the intent to distribute 1,364 pounds of marijuana, in a case investigated by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), along with U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) Border Patrol,the Texas Department of Public Safety...

Leo Aragon Evans, 56, of Cockeysville, Md., must register as a sex offender in the place where he resides, where he is an employee and where he is a student, under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA).

Michael L. Denight, 57, of Mahomet, Ill., was indicted Wednesday for sexually exploiting a minor and possessing child pornography, following an investigation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), and the Champaign, Ill., police department.

Jason Haldeman of Landenberg, Pa., was sentenced yesterday to 80 months in federal prison for transporting child pornography via an online peer-to-peer network. This investigation was conducted by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). Special agents found on his computer about 16,000 files depicting child pornography available for download.

Moises Velazquez-Jacobo, 36, an illegal alien from Mexico, who had been previously removed from the United States in 2007 and 2008, sold fraudulent identification documents, which included U.S. legal permanent resident cards and U.S. social security cards.

Conrad Gallant has been charged in federal court with engaging in sex with a minor in the Dominican Republic. Gallant engaged in a sexual relationship with a then 14-year-old girl, promised and paid her money, and took photographs of her.

Moses Anthony Francisco, a member of the violent Crips street gang who had been previously deported four times to Belize, was sentenced Tuesday to more than five years in prison for illegally re-entering the United States after being deported. This sentence resulted from an investigation conducted by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

ICE today announced the opening of a multi-agency center established to coordinate and enhance federal export enforcement efforts, the Export Enforcement Coordination Center, or E2C2.

Armando Garcia, the former owner of an immigration consulting business who defrauded more than 150 clients from multiple states, has been sentenced to 81 months in federal prison following a probe by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

A former Korean law enforcement officer was interdicted at Los Angeles International Airport with $700,000 worth of counterfeit erectile dysfunction pills.

Timothy Brehmer, 35, of Broadalbin, N.Y., was indicted earlier today. On or about Dec. 6, 2011, Brehmer knowingly possessed images of child pornography, and received these images between April 2007 and Dec. 5, 2011. If found guilty, he faces up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

Timothy Wilson of Toms River, N.J., was sentenced to 10 years in prison for cocaine possession and distribution related charges after he was arrested and convicted in Maryland while attempting to drive through Maryland with cocaine base hidden in a rental car.

A Colombian man, Marcos Salazar Obregon, was sentenced Thursday to 14 years in federal prison for his role as a crew member of a vessel that smuggled approximately 6,700 kilograms of cocaine in the Caribbean Sea. An investigation by the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force's (OCDETF's) Panama Express Strike Force...

A federal magistrate on Monday ordered that British businessman Christopher Tappin, facing charges in connection with a scheme to illegally export parts used in Hawk surface-to-air missile systems to Iran, remain detained pending trial.

Lorena Martinez, the leader of a large-scale human smuggling organization based in Corpus Christi and Portland, Texas, that specialized in smuggling Brazilian nationals into the United States, was sentenced on Tuesday to 42 months in prison. The investigation was led by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Corpus Christi Police...

William Lee Allen Jr., of Cincinnati was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 240 months in prison and ordered to be placed under court supervision for the rest of his life for possessing more than 600 images of child pornography and sharing them over the internet.

A Mexican citizen pleaded guilty Tuesday to unauthorized re-entry of a previously deported aggravated felon, following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Warren County Sheriff's Department.

Officers with ICE's Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO) arrested Cuban national Edilberto Verane last Thursday at a gas station on Kercheval Street on the city's east side. The man is an aggravated felon having been convicted of murder in the second degree, manslaughter and various other crimes in Arkansas, Michigan and California.

Eric Daniel Griffith of Elkton, Md., was sentenced to five years in federal prison for distributing child pornography following an investigation led by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

Two married couples and a licensed real estate appraiser have admitted to participating in a countywide mortgage fraud conspiracy to obtain millions of dollars in fraudulent mortgage loans.

Servando Calvillo-Armenta, a Mexican national wanted in his native country for allegedly murdering his girlfriend, was turned over to Mexican law enforcement authorities Tuesday at the Dennis DeConcini Port of Entry by officers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO).

Loxly Johnson was sentenced to 20 years in prison for conspiracy to import heroin and cocaine following an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). Johnson organized the importation of cocaine and heroin from the Dominican Republic using crew members from a cruise ship to transport the drugs to Baltimore.

A Guatemalan man, Rafael Quinonez Jimenez, was arrested Friday for possession of heroin with intent to distribute following an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Officers discovered that Jimenez had used the candy shells of lollipops to conceal large balls of heroin.

The leader of an alien smuggling organization and six others have pleaded guilty for their involvement in a conspiracy to harbor and transport illegal aliens.

Shawn Pound, 41, of Gowanda, N.Y., who was convicted of possession of child pornography, was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny.