News Releases and Statements
News Releases and Statements
The roundtable brought together local, state and federal leaders to discuss and collaborate on California’s efforts to end the fentanyl crisis. Bonta shared the California Department of Justice’s strategy to address the multifaceted crisis by collaborating on enforcement operations and seizures with law enforcement partners statewide, bringing billions of dollars for recovery services into the state by holding the opioid industry accountable and developing and implementing effective public policy solutions with legislative partners.
HSI Baltimore investigation lands Maryland man 10 years in federal prison for sexually abusing minor
Richard Wesley Robinson, 74, of Cambridge, received the decade-long sentence at the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland in Baltimore Oct. 13.
Individuals who lack a lawful basis to stay in the United States are ordered removed, consistent with U.S. law. All individuals who are removed have been screened for protection concerns.
Juwan James Davis, a 28-year-old resident of Houston, was sentenced in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas to serve 25 years in federal prison to be followed by 15 years of supervised release upon completion of his prison term. He will also be ordered to register as a sex offender.
Luis Hector Montes-Hernandez, 40, was flown from Denver International Airport to San Diego International Airport, where he was escorted by ERO San Diego to the San Ysidro Port of Entry and turned over to the proper authorities in Mexico.
Victor Torres, 28, pleaded guilty before a federal judge for importing cocaine concealed in a car battery. During his plea, Torres admitted he knew he was transporting drugs into United States and that individuals in Mexico recruited him.
A federal grand jury returned indictments for Jeremiah Pittman, 21; Shamall McDonald, 21; Juan Christian Rodriguez-Luhan, 20; Raeshawn Demond Roberts, 21; Jacob Deshaun Raglin, 24; Javion Lavelle Cooper, 19; Tyson Charae Hawthorne, 21; and Dantawn Richardson, 20, all charged with possession with intent to distribute marijuana and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
ERO Boston arrested an unlawfully present Brazilian national who, since July 21, has been wanted in Brazil by law enforcement authorities for aggravated homicide of a child under the age of 14.
Individuals who lack a lawful basis to stay in the United States are ordered removed, consistent with U.S. law – all individuals who are removed have been screened for protection concerns.
Jeremy Carson Lamb, 39, of Mesa, pleaded guilty on June 13 to one count of attempted production of child pornography.
The 35-year-old Guatemalan national, who fled the state of California, was arrested by local police in Waltham after they discovered he was wanted by California authorities for failing to register as a sex offender there.
ERO New York City’s Fugitive Operations team arrested the 29-year-old noncitizen without incident outside of 26 Federal Plaza in New York. He will remain in custody, without bond, pending removal proceedings.
An investigation conducted by HSI Washington, D.C. resulted in a 97-month federal prison sentence followed by 15 years of supervised release for Raymond Glover, 43, for distribution, receipt and possession of child sexual abuse material.
On Oct. 13, special agents from HSI San Juan arrested Matthew John McGlone, a 33-year-old man from the city of Carolina.
Monteze Leonard Rolle Jr., 21, was flown to the Bahamas and turned over to local authorities.
Noncitizens, including Venezuelan nationals, who lack a lawful basis to stay in the United States are ordered removed, consistent with U.S. law. In keeping with standard practice, the United States ensures that all noncitizens, including Venezuelan nationals without a legal basis to remain in the United States are properly screened for valid protection claims and withholding of removal in accordance with our laws and U.S. international obligations.
Individuals who lack a lawful basis to stay in the United States are ordered removed, consistent with U.S. law – all individuals who are removed have been screened for protection concerns.
ERO Washington, D.C. arrested an undocumented noncitizen charged with felony rape by force, threat, or intimidation; abduction by force; and assault on a family member. Deportation officers from ERO Washington, D.C.’s Mobile Criminal Apprehension Team arrested the Honduran national on Oct. 12 in Herndon, Virginia.
Gustavo Ivan Hernandez-Cabral, 24, who had a final order of removal, was turned over to Mexican authorities at the international boundary in downtown El Paso.
Kevin Castro Garcia, 31, was arrested Oct. 10 and booked into the Davidson County Jail by the Nashville Metro Police Department on criminal homicide charges for the death and burning of a 37-year-old man. On the same day, ERO New Orleans — which covers operations in Tennessee, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi and Alabama — placed a detainer on Castro Garcia.
Francisco Javier Alanis, 40, from Weslaco, Texas, was an assistant city manager in Progreso, Texas. He was also a school board president for the Progreso Independent School District at the time of his arrest. A federal grand jury returned the three-count superseding indictment Oct. 3.
Melvin Omar Garcia-Lopez, 39, flew from Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada, and arrived in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, via chartered aircraft. Upon arrival in Honduras, Garcia was turned over to the proper authorities.
The 32-year-old citizen of Pakistan and permanent resident of Brazil was arrested without incident outside his residence in Queens.
The complaint alleges that, on Oct. 4, Oswaldo Lopez-Escobar, of Mexico, was driving a semi-truck and applied for admission into the United States from Mexico at the Mariposa Port of Entry in Nogales.
ERO Houston, with assistance from ERO El Salvador and the SAFE Task Force, removed Hilda Mirely Tobias, a 44-year-old unlawfully present Salvadoran fugitive, from the United States on Oct. 13.
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