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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
ICE arrests 65 in week-long operation targeting area gang members
June 26, 2009
|Transnational Gangs
Alien gang members facing criminal charges and deportation following ICE-led multi-agency enforcement actions in central and southern California.
ICE, local law enforcement arrest 8 in anti-gang operation
June 26, 2009
|Transnational Gangs

MONTEREY, Calif. - Eight Mexican nationals with ties to violent street gangs in Monterey County are facing state criminal charges or deportation this morning following a day-long enforcement operation involving U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and several local law enforcement agencies.

Tattooed man
9 local gang members arrested or located during ICE-led operation
June 22, 2009
|Transnational Gangs
GREELEY, Colo. - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and Greeley Police Department officers arrested or identified nine gang members during a Saturday operation targeting illegal aliens with ties to violent street gangs throughout Weld County. This is the latest joint local action of an ongoing national ICE effort to target foreign-born gang members.

The multi-agency June 20 operation targeted foreign-born gang members in Greeley and other Weld County areas.

12 arrested in ICE-led operation targeting gang members for deportation
June 17, 2009
|Transnational Gangs
Ten of the 12 were arrested on administrative immigration violations and are currently in ICE custody pending removal from the U.S. All 10 are illegal aliens from Mexico who are members of the following gangs: Imperial Gangsters, Sureños-13 and Latin Kings.
17 arrested in anti-gang operation
June 5, 2009
|Transnational Gangs
A gang suspect arrested in Santa Clara County, sports a tattoo for Varrio Sur Rifa, one of the gangs targeted.
36 gang members and associates arrested, 69 firearms seized
June 3, 2009
|Transnational Gangs
OMAHA, Neb. - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, in close partnership with the Omaha Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), seized 69 firearms during an investigation that culminated Tuesday with the arrest of 36 gang members and gang associates. This is the latest joint local action of ICE's ongoing national efforts to target transnational gang members and stop the illicit flow of U.S. weapons to Mexico.

All 36 were arrested in Omaha and Lincoln, Neb., June 2 and have been identified as gang members or gang associates.

Murder suspect apprehended by BEST team
May 29, 2009
|Enforcement and Removal

LAS CRUCES, N.M. - A Las Cruces man, wanted for murder and attempted murder by the El Paso Police Department in connection with the shooting of two individuals, was arrested on Thursday by members of the Las Cruces Border Enforcement Security Task Force (BEST), Las Cruces METRO Narcotics Task Force, and the Las Cruces Police Department. One of the victims died as a result of the shooting and the other was hospitalized.

It is alleged that on or about May 25, Omar Gomez, 23, met with the victims in their vehicle.

Alien sentenced to 4 months for immigration offenses
May 28, 2009
|Enforcement and Removal

NEW YORK - A native and citizen of Jamaica who was a criminal alien fugitive and the target of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) investigation was sentenced on Wednesday in U.S. District Court in the Southern District of New York for failing to comply with immigration regulations and requirements.

Rudolph Ford was sentenced to four months in federal prison and one year of supervised release by U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein. On March 19, ICE officers from the Fugitive Operations Team and Violent Criminal Alien Section with the assistance of the U.S.

Calvin Inswood
ICE most wanted fugitive captured
May 20, 2009
|Enforcement and Removal
Officers with ICE's Fugitive Operations Team in New York arrested ICE fugitive Calvin Inswood, a native and citizen of Jamaica.
Former Nazi Death Camp guard John Demjanjuk deported to Germany
May 11, 2009
|Enforcement and Removal
Former Nazi Death Camp guard John Demjanjuk was removed through a court order of removal obtained by the Department of Justice. On March 10, 2009, a German judge issued an order directing that Demjanjuk, 89, be arrested on suspicion of assisting in the murder of at least 29,000 Jews at the Sobibor extermination center in Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II.
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