News Releases and Statements

Jason Henderson of Higginsport, Ohio was charged in a four-count indictment Thursday for the sexual exploitation of a child following an investigation by U.S. ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). During a Sept. 30 search warrant executed at Henderson's home, agents seized computers, digital cameras, and media storage devices belonging...

A local 'insurer' pleaded guilty on Wednesday to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson, Southern District of Texas.

Jordan T. Allen, 24, of London, Ohio, faces up to 20 years in federal prison.

Four non-citizens were charged in two separate criminal complaints in connection with the filing of false and fraudulent documents with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The filings related to the defendants' ability to enter and remain in the United States. The investigation is being conducted by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations.

Special Agent Michael Tarantino with ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) was honored at an awards ceremony yesterday for his work in locating and arresting former Argentine police officer Juan Miguel Mendez. Mendez was allegedly involved in torture and extrajudicial killings in at least two clandestine detention centers...

Paul Pavulak of New Castle, DE was sentenced today to life in prison for various child exploitation offenses as the result of an investigation conducted by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Delaware State Police's Child Predator Task Force and High Technology Crimes Unit.

After the fall of drug lord Pablo Escobar, a number of cartels leapt at the chance to seize control of the Colombian drug trade.

Sharon Anderson, 38, formerly of Ennis, Texas, and her husband, Buddy Anderson, 39, were arrested March 24 by ICE HSI special agents on charges outlined in a federal criminal complaint.

A 26-year-old University of Texas at El Paso student was sentenced Friday to five years in federal prison after pleading guilty to downloading and possessing child pornography. ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) investigated the case. A forensics examination of confiscated laptops belonging to Luis Enriquez-Alonso revealed 5,400 images...

A man who fled to the United States after previously being deported to Mexico in 2004 was deported again on Friday to face charges in Mexico of aggravated robbery with a firearm.

An upstate New York man pleaded guilty to the unauthorized use, transfer, acquisition, alteration and possession of food stamp benefits. The plea is the culmination of an investigation being conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the USDA, Office of the Inspector General.

A native and citizen of Mexico, who was convicted of harboring illegal aliens for commercial advantage, was sentenced to 12 months in prison. The sentence is the result of an investigation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

Esteban Ochoa-Almendariz, 24, who resided in Wichita at the time of his arrest, was sentenced Oct. 3 in U.S. District Court in Wichita.

Christopher Thomas Davis, 32, of Dahlonega, Ga., was a deputy sheriff at the White County, Ga., Sheriff's Office prior to his arrest on Aug. 25. He was indicted Sept. 20.

A 33-year-old El Salvadoran national in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) passed away Sunday afternoon at the University of Virginia (UVA) Medical Center in Charlottesville, Va.

A Mexican national residing in Wisconsin was sentenced to one year and a day in prison Friday for illegally re-entering the United States after deportation.

A Virginia painting company, Thesis Painting, is partnering with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) IMAGE program, or ICE Mutual Agreement between Government and Employers, to reduce fraud and the hiring of illegal workers.

Alejandro Tovar, 44, of Houston, was sentenced to 63 months in federal prison without parole for conspiring to transport illegal aliens within the United States for commercial advantage and private financial gain by U.S. District Judge Lee H. Rosenthal.

James Goodman of Springfield, Ohio pleaded guilty Thursday to one count of attempted sexual exploitation of children for using the Internet to attempt to arrange a sexually explicit photo shoot of young girls following an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

A series of arrests and search warrants at several restaurants and residences in Maine has resulted in charges against 10 individuals who were taken into custody by special agents with ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

Twenty-four civilian contract employees working on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam were arrested for outstanding warrants Wednesday and Thursday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

Last week, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents executed five federal search warrants in an intellectual property rights investigation related to counterfeit goods in Tampa.

In the largest operation of its kind, 81 countries took part in an international week of action targeting the online sale of counterfeit and illegal medicines. This operation resulted in dozens of arrests and the seizure of 2.4 million potentially harmful medicines worldwide worth $6.3 million.

Giovanni Vazquez, also known as "Screech," 24, of Norwalk, Conn., pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Holly B. Fitzsimmons in Bridgeport, Conn.

Doyce Dean Griffis of Starke, Fla., was indicted on child pornography charges Thursday, following an investigation by the Bradford County Sheriff's Office, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).