News Releases and Statements
News Releases and Statements
All 36 were arrested in Omaha and Lincoln, Neb., June 2 and have been identified as gang members or gang associates.
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.
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.
Irving Police Department and Kaufman County Jail were added Tuesday to the program known as "Secure Communities." Farmers Branch Police Department was added last week. The program, administered by U.S.
ATLANTA - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers arrested 92 fugitives aliens and three immigration violators throughout Georgia and the Carolinas during a four-day initiative targeting immigration fugitives.
The ICE fugitive operations team began the operation Jan.
DENVER - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested 45 fugitives and immigration violators throughout Colorado during a three-day initiative targeting immigration absconders which ended Thursday.
MESA, Ariz. - A Mexican national with ties to a violent street gang who was previously deported three years ago is facing federal criminal charges today after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers were alerted to his presence by the Mesa Police Department.
Alan Dario Beltran-Sierra, 25, has been charged with re-entering the United States after removal, a felony violation that carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. Beltran was encountered by the Mesa police during a family dispute call.
LOS ANGELES - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested nearly 2,000 gang members and gang associates in the Los Angeles area in 2008 as part of the agency's ongoing national anti-gang effort known as Operation Community Shield.
Carlos Garcia-Hernandez, 19, a citizen of Mexico, was turned over to Mexican officials on the Brownsville International Bridge at approximately 1:00 p.m. Monday. Garcia-Hernandez, a member of the "Houstone" street gang in Houston, Texas, was arrested December 11 after ICE received word that Mexican authorities were seeking him.
SEATTLE - A Romanian national who attempted to sell an 18-carat gold bookmark that reportedly belonged to Adolf Hitler, will make his initial appearance in federal court at 1:30 this afternoon charged with sale or receipt of stolen goods.
During the operation, which concluded Friday, ICE officers arrested 60 immigration fugitives who ignored lawful orders of removal and went into hiding and 11 other immigration violators.
CHARLOTTE, NC - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced today that a five-day targeted fugitive operation that culminated Friday in the Carolinas and Georgia netted 104 fugitive aliens and immigration violators.
Among those arrested were 94 fugitives who ignored lawful orders of removal and went into hiding and 10 other immigration violators.
