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Corey James Jarboe, 30, of Owensboro, Kentucky, was also ordered to 10 years of supervised release upon competition of his sentence.

ICE encountered, interviewed and arrested seven illegal aliens for immigration violations, who were subsequently detained pending removal. Of those, six were from Mexico and one was from the Dominican Republic.

All four individuals will remain in ICE custody pending removal proceedings.

David Lopez Javier, a 45-year-old twice deported criminal alien from Honduras, and Efrain Gomez Cac, a 30-year-old previously removed criminal alien from Guatemala, were arrested in Conroe and Cleveland, Texas, respectively.

According to court documents, Victor Hugo Diego-Avellaneda, 39, was attempting to leave the U.S. and enter Mexico at the Eagle Pass Port of Entry on Jan. 19. He made a negative declaration regarding possession of weapons, ammunition, and currency.

Anderson Zambrano-Pacheco, 26, of Venezuela, is charged with being a fugitive in possession of a firearm and ammunition, via a criminal complaint, with being a fugitive from justice in possession of a firearm. at the U.S. District Court for the District of Southern New York. Additionally, Zambrano-Pacheco was ordered to be detained.

Louis Goldenberg, 41, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was sentenced Jan. 27 at the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. He previously pleaded guilty to an information charging him with one count of attempted online enticement of a minor to engage in prostitution.

ICE arrested Luz Maria Ramirez-Monreal, an illegally present Mexican national, in Montrose County, Colorado, Jan. 29.

ICE apprehended an illegally present Salvadoran national charged with raping a Massachusetts resident when officers arrested Jose Garcia-Salmeron, 34, in Boston Jan. 22.

Baldemar Cardenas, 39, from McAllen, was sentenced Jan. 28 by Chief U.S. District Judge Randy Crane to serve 46 months in federal prison to be immediately followed by three years of supervised release.

The 15-count indictment, returned last month and unsealed on Jan. 24, charges nine defendants with conspiracy, smuggling and breaking customs seals. The defendants allegedly took containers flagged for off-site secondary inspection, unloaded the contraband, then stuffed the targeted containers with filler cargo to deceive customs officials and evade law enforcement.

Oleg Oliynyk and Oleksandr Yurchyk were each sentenced to 15 years in prison for conspiracy to defraud the United States and conspiracy to commit money laundering after a joint investigation between Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Miami-Key West and IRS Criminal Investigation.

Officers with ICE ERO Boston arrest Luis Adolfo Guerra-Perez, an illegally present gang member charged with firearms and drug crimes in Boston Jan. 22.

ICE officers from ERO Baltimore arrested Anderson Geovany Romero in Hyattsville, Maryland, Jan. 25

Officers with ICE ERO Washington, D.C. arrest Daniel Bustamante-Cespedez, an illegally present 35-year-old Bolivian national Jan. 15 in Fairfax County, Virginia.

Officers from ICE ERO Boston arrested Juan Alberto Rodezno-Marin, an illegally present Honduran national charged with sex crimes, armed robbery and assault and battery.

Monishkumar Kirankumar Doshi Shah, a/k/a “Monish Doshi Shah” (Shah), 40, of Mumbai, India and Jersey City, New Jersey, who operated jewelry companies in New York City’s Diamond District was sentenced to 30 months for spearheading a scheme to illegally evade customs duties for more than $13.5 million of jewelry imports into the United States and for illegally processing more than $10.3 million through an unlicensed money transmitting business.

Dontae Dajuan Burton, 40, of Tampa, faces a minimum sentence of 15 years, up to life, in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set. Burton was indicted on Nov. 12, 2024.

Jorge Dionicio Hernandez, a 33-year-old criminal alien from Mexico who has illegally entered the U.S. at least four times, and Omar David Zavala, a 30-year-old previously removed criminal alien from El Salvador and documented MS-13 gang member, were arrested Jan. 24 by authorities in Houston and Mesquite, respectively.

ICE, along with federal partners, including the FBI, ATF, DEA, CBP and the U.S. Marshals Service, began conducting enhanced targeted operations today in Chicago to enforce U.S. immigration law and preserve public safety and national security by keeping potentially dangerous criminal aliens out of our communities.

Orlando Guzman, 73, of New Britain, pleaded guilty Jan. 22 in New Haven to child exploitation offenses stemming from his sexual abuse of a minor and using an app to share and receive child sexual abuse material.

Chief U.S. District Judge Lance E. Walker sentenced Michael Posey, 50, to 180 months to be followed by seven years of supervised release. Posey pleaded guilty on Aug. 29.

Keith Octavio Rodriguez Padilla, a prolific firearms trafficker, was sentenced in federal court Jan. 13, to 19.5 years in custody for his role in supplying weapons and tens of thousands of rounds of ammunition to the Sinaloa Cartel.

ICE remains committed to ensuring that all those in its custody reside in safe, secure and humane environments. Comprehensive medical care is provided from the moment individuals arrive and throughout the entirety of their stay.

ICE officers from ERO Boston arrested Wisteguens Jean Quely Charles, a member of a violent Haitian street gang, in Boston Jan. 22. Charles’ convictions include multiple drug, weapons, and assault and battery crimes.