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Heritage items returned to Iraq
February 24, 2010
|Cultural Property, Art and Antiquities Investigations
ICE Assistant Secretary John Morton presented six cultural items to the Ambassador of Iraq to the United States, Samir Sumaida'ie, in a ceremony at the Iraqi Embassy in the nation's capital. The items ranged the timeline of Iraq's history, from its ancient past to its recent political history.
Salvadoran murder suspect removed from US
February 24, 2010
|Enforcement and Removal
Jose Dolores Sanchez-Rivera, 33, has been charged with aggravated homicide in El Salvador. ICE's Phoenix Fugitive Operations Team arrested Sanchez at his Phoenix residence last May after they received a lead from the Salvadoran Consul in Nogales, Ariz.
Mexican predator arrested by ICE in Purvis, Miss.
February 11, 2010
|Child Exploitation
Marcos Hernandez-Duran, 22, was arrested Wednesday by DRO officers assigned to Criminal Alien Operations, which involves the screening and identification of criminal aliens.
36 criminal aliens, fugitives arrested in ICE enforcement surge
January 29, 2010
|Enforcement and Removal
During the operation, which concluded Thursday, ICE officers located and arrested 32 criminal aliens with prior convictions for a variety of crimes, including robbery and narcotics possession with intent to distribute and four immigration fugitives.
3 sexual predators arrested by ICE
January 26, 2010
|Child Exploitation
Manuel Elvir-Rodriguez, 21, and Elvis J. Correa, 22, both citizens of Honduras, and Elder Guzman-Reyes, a 27-year-old citizen of Mexico, were encountered by DRO officers while conducting Criminal Alien Program (CAP) screening at the Louisiana Department of Corrections.
Mexican predator arrested by ICE in Horn Lake, Miss.
January 22, 2010
|Child Exploitation
Juan Vera-Serna, 34, was identified by DRO officers on May 7, 2009, during screening at the Horn Lake Police Department following his arrest for simple assault, simple assault with intent and felony child fondling.
ICE featured on A&E's Manhunters
ICE on prime time reality TV series, 'Manhunters: Fugitive Task Force'
January 13, 2010
|Enforcement and Removal
"ICE's Fugitive Operations will be featured on a Jan. 14 broadcast of ""Manhunters,"" a prime time reality series on A&E."
US jury finds Pissarro artwork to be forfeitable as stolen property
January 11, 2010
|Cultural Property, Art and Antiquities Investigations
ICE announced the forfeiture of Le Marche following a Manhattan federal court trial that found the work was stolen from a French museum in 1981.
Mexican predator arrested by ICE
January 7, 2010
|Child Exploitation
Ignacio McDonald-Lopez, 47, was arrested as a result of the Joint Criminal Alien Removal Taskforce, which focuses on identifying, locating and arresting criminal aliens. McDonald-Lopez pleaded guilty in a Tennessee court in August 2000 to aggravated sexual battery and was later sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Murder suspect handed over to Mexican authorities
January 4, 2010
|Enforcement and Removal

NOGALES, Ariz. - A Mexican national wanted for homicide in his native country was turned over to representatives from the Mexican Attorney General's Office (PGR) at the border crossing in Nogales, Ariz., Monday morning by officers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Jose Antonio Mendoza-Serrano, 25, has been charged with homicide and the use of a firearm in Culiacan, Mexico. Prosecutors for the Justice of Baja, California Central District issued an arrest warrant for Mendoza on Nov. 10, 2009.

In June 2009, Mendoza was caught by U.S.

ICE returns stolen cultural religious artifacts to Peru
December 11, 2009
|Cultural Property, Art and Antiquities Investigations
8 Peruvian cultural religious artifacts seized in ICE investigation.
286 criminal aliens arrested in California surge
December 11, 2009
|Enforcement and Removal
More than 80 percent of those arrested during the 3-day operation, the largest ever targeting at large criminal aliens, were foreign nationals with prior convictions for serious or violent crimes.
Stolen antiquities returned to Italy
December 2, 2009
|Cultural Property, Art and Antiquities Investigations
A Corinthian column krater, left, and a Pompeii wall panel fresco, stolen from Italy and recovered by ICE in New York, were returned to the Italian government in a ceremony.
Mexican murder suspect handed over to Mexican authorities
November 12, 2009
|Enforcement and Removal

NOGALES, Ariz. - A Mexican national wanted for vehicular homicide in his native country was turned over to representatives from the Mexican Attorney General's Office (PGR) at the border crossing in Nogales, Ariz., this morning by officers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Pablo Cruz-Rojas, 28, is suspected of causing a fatal traffic accident while driving under the influence in the state of Nayarit, Mexico, in July 2008.

New ICE initiative launched at Pinellas County jails
November 11, 2009
|Enforcement and Removal
The initiative, Secure Communities, is administered by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and enables ICE to determine whether an individual arrested by a participating state or local law enforcement agency is a dangerous criminal alien and take the appropriate action to remove the individual from the community.
ICE Fugitive Operations Team arrests indicted Mexican national in Mississippi
October 30, 2009
|Enforcement and Removal

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A Mexican national, who was indicted in U.S. District Court in Waco, Texas, for conspiracy to commit fraud related to identity documents, was arrested on Thursday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.

The ICE Fugitive Operations Team in Memphis, Tenn., received information that Saul Jaimes-Ortiz was suspected of being in the vicinity of Horn Lake, Miss., and that a federal warrant had been issued for his arrest. ICE agents, with the assistance of the U.S.

ICE agents arrest child sex offender, process him to be deported
October 29, 2009
|Child Exploitation
Manuel Barraza-Garcia, a U.S. permanent resident, became deportable after he was convicted of indecency with a child, which is a second-degree felony. Agents assigned to the ICE Office in Pecos arrested the 52-year-old at his home in Monahans, Texas.
ICE arrests more than 1,780 during the largest-ever nationwide gang surge
October 15, 2009
|Transnational Gangs
ICE agents worked side by side with local state, and federal officials in 89 cities on a six month national public safety surge against transnational criminal street gangs in the United States.
76 arrested in ICE-led Utah gang enforcement surge
September 30, 2009
|Transnational Gangs
Nearly half of those arrested during the statewide operation face prosecution on charges ranging from felony immigration violations to murder. The remainder will be processed for deportation.
ICE, CBP return prehistoric fossils to China
September 14, 2009
|Cultural Property, Art and Antiquities Investigations
Remains of a saber-toothed cat and dinosaurs were repatriated in a ceremony at the Chinese embassy in Washington D.C.
29 arrested in ICE-led, multi-agency operation targeting gang members
August 7, 2009
|Transnational Gangs
Most of the gang members arrested during the three-day enforcement surge have criminal records, including prior convictions for drug trafficking and weapons violations
8 arrested in ICE-led, multi-agency operation targeting area gang members
July 31, 2009
|Transnational Gangs
Eight gang members and gang associates, including several with serious criminal histories, are in custody this morning following the second multi-agency anti-gang enforcement operation spearheaded by ICE in this area in as many months.
ICE deports illegal alien wanted for murder in Mexico
July 29, 2009
|Enforcement and Removal
On July 29, ICE deported the second man this week wanted for murder in Mexico
ICE deports 2 Mexican fugitives wanted for murder and weapons violations
July 28, 2009
|Enforcement and Removal
Two men, wanted for murder and weapons violations in Mexico, were deported by ICE Monday
19 arrested in ICE-led operation targeting gang members for deportation
July 23, 2009
|Transnational Gangs
ICE agents arrested 19 people during 2-day operation targeting illegal aliens with ties to violent street gangs
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