News Releases and Statements
News Releases and Statements
Paul Ryan, 24, also known as Patrick Power, is wanted in the U.K. for the charge of rioting. He was flown from Boston Logan International Airport to London’s Heathrow Airport in the U.K. and handed over to local authorities.
HSI, partner investigation results in former Texas trooper’s guilty plea for lying to federal agents
Pablo Talavera Jr., 35, of Pharr, was a Texas Department of Public Safety trooper. At his plea hearing Aug. 28, he admitted he lied to federal agents regarding his knowledge of his family’s involvement in drug trafficking.
ERO Salt Lake City officers apprehended seven foreign nationals convicted of crimes with a sexual basis requiring them to register as sex offenders during a two-week local enforcement effort.
Wilmer Rivera-Hernandez pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas to interstate travel with intent to engage in a sex act with a minor.
Andrew Joel Galvan, a 27-year-old resident of Houston, was sentenced in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas to 360 months for each count of producing child pornography to run concurrently, and to 120 months total for receiving and possessing child pornography.
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.
Ja-Anthony Ledell Kennedy, 26, pleaded guilty to receiving child sexual abuse material on April 24. In addition to his prison sentence, Kennedy was ordered to pay $3,000 in restitution to his victims and will be required to register as a sex offender.
The antiquities were stolen in 2008 from a private collection and museum in Cuatro Cienegas, Coahuila, Mexico.
On Aug. 24, Jose Antonio Carlos III, 22, of Laredo, was arrested without incident. Carlos is expected to appear before U.S. Magistrate Judge Christopher dos Santos on Aug. 25.
Dan McClure, a 71-year-old resident of Pearland, was sentenced in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas to serve 262 months for the receipt of child pornography and 240 months for the possession of child pornography.
Rodney Williams, 53, of Harrisonburg, received the sentence Aug. 14 at the Rockingham County Circuit Court in Harrisonburg.
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.
Deportation officers from ERO Baltimore removed Ahmad Muhammad Khan, 50, a citizen of Pakistan and Canada, August 16.
Rolando Vladimir Larrea-Flores, 51, is wanted in Ecuador for rape of a minor. He was flown from Denver International Airport to Jose Joaquin de Olmedo International Airport in Guayaquil, Ecuador, and handed over to local authorities.
Special agents from HSI Baltimore and officers from CBP Baltimore embarked on an outreach effort to spread awareness about the practice of female genital mutilation. Operation Limelight USA strives to protect women and girls around the world from the harmful practice of female genital mutilation through education and outreach.
Juan Pablo Ortiz-Herrera, 24, is wanted in his native Mexico for homicide. He was transported from ERO detention in Las Vegas, Nevada via ground transport and arrived on the same day at the San Ysidro Port of Entry in San Diego, California.
HSI is the principal investigative component of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security – investigating, disrupting, and dismantling transnational criminal organizations and terrorist networks that threaten or seek to exploit the customs and immigration laws of the United States.
ERO Houston, with assistance from ERO El Salvador and the SAFE Task Force, removed Celestino Andrade, a 71-year-old unlawfully present Salvadoran fugitive, from the United States on Aug. 18.
Victor Coronado Jr., 40, of Tucson, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to smuggle goods from the United States.
Award winners were recognized for particular career achievement and serve as role models for women in law enforcement.
The noncitizen has an outstanding arrest warrant issued by the District Court in Leon, Nicaragua, for murder.
The knowledge shared provided a valuable opportunity for HSI, local leaders, law enforcement partners, and non-governmental stakeholders to ensure everyone has the same, up-to-date information concerning the indicators of human trafficking, how to appropriately respond to the crime, and how to best support its victims.
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.
Billy Eggleston, 50, of St. Albans, received the sentence Aug. 15 at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia in Charleston. Eggleston must also register as a sex offender.
HSI is opening two job announcements. One is specifically geared toward women with the intention of increasing diversity. The agency’s goal is to employ 30% women agents by 2030. The second call is specific to Puerto Rico and requires candidates to be Spanish-proficient.
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