Delaware NREC Monitoring After Garbage Barge Fire in Delaware Bay

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DOVER, DE – A massive fire broke out on board a cargo barge about nine miles off the coast of Port Mahon in Delaware Monday afternoon. “Local emergency responders have been working…

May 23, 2022

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Air and Marine Agents Alongside Law Enforcement and Fire Service Partners Rescued a Recreational Boater as His Vessel Sunk

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ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Air and Marine Operations (AMO) Marine Unit while on maritime patrol on Lake Ontario, rescued a recreational boater as his boat was sinking. Today, AMO agents operating an All-Weather…

May 22, 2022

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Investor And Organizer Of Cocaine Smuggling Operations Via Semi-Submersible Vessels Pleads Guilty

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Tampa, FL –United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Oscar Adriano Quintero Rengifo, a/k/a “Guatala,” (34) today pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute five or more kilograms of cocaine on vessels…

May 20, 2022

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Ship Chief Engineer Pleads Guilty to Intentional Discharge of Oily Waste and Obstruction of Justice Charges in New Orleans

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The Chief Engineer of a foreign flagged vessel pleaded guilty today to two felony counts for deliberately discharging approximately 10,000 gallons of oil-contaminated bilge water overboard in U.S. waters off the coast…

May 18, 2022

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Captain of Capsized Vessel Charged for Smuggling Migrants

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico –U.S. Border Patrol Agents and Homeland Security Investigations Special Agents presented a criminal complaint Friday against a man from the Dominican Republic for smuggling Haitian migrants on board…

May 16, 2022

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Eight individuals were charged in an indictment, unsealed today in the Eastern District of Louisiana, for their involvement in an international scheme to smuggle 24 undocumented individuals from Honduras into Louisiana aboard…

May 10, 2022

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Eight Defendants Indicted for Human Smuggling and Drug Conspiracy Offenses

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WASHINGTON – Eight individuals were charged in an indictment, unsealed today in the Eastern District of Louisiana, for their involvement in an international scheme to smuggle 24 undocumented individuals from Honduras into…

May 10, 2022

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Recognizing Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day in Alaska

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ANCHORAGE – Today the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Alaska joins with communities across Alaska in shining a spotlight on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) Awareness Day. “Generations…

May 5, 2022

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Coordinated Actions Lead to Rescues in South Florida

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PEMBROKE PINES, Florida – Over the weekend, U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Miami Sector along with support from U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Air and Marine Operations, U.S. Coast Guard,…

May 2, 2022

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A Pacific Northwest environmental extremist, arsonist and former fugitive pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court for his role in two arson conspiracies targeting commercial and government-owned animal processing facilities in Oregon and…

April 22, 2022

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Pacific Northwest Environmental Extremist and Arsonist Pleads Guilty

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PORTLAND, Ore.—A Pacific Northwest environmental extremist, arsonist, and former fugitive pleaded guilty today in federal court for his role in two arson conspiracies targeting commercial and government-owned animal processing facilities in Oregon…

April 21, 2022

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Oregon Man Sentenced to 16 Years on Drug and Assault Charges

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ANCHORAGE – An Oregon man was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Ralph R. Beistline to 16 years in prison for drug conspiracy and assault of a corrections officer. According to court…

April 21, 2022

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Federal Jury Finds Ohio Man Guilty in Connection with Destructive Devices Found on Tug Boats

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. – After a two-day trial, a federal jury convicted an Ohio man of all four counts in a federal indictment charging him in connection with pipe bombs found on tugboats…

April 20, 2022

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Jury Finds Colombian National Guilty Of Smuggling More Than 970 Kilograms Of Cocaine In The Eastern Pacific Ocean

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Tampa, FL – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that a federal jury has found Prisciliano Garces Angulo (Colombia, 58) guilty of possessing and conspiring to possess with the intent to…

April 15, 2022

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Sunken Boat Found After Debris Washed Up on Wildwood Beach

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WILDWOOD, NJ – Debris from a sunken vessel washed ashore in Wildwood on Tuesday, alerting New Jersey State Police Maritime Bureau officers and the U.S. Coast Guard. Parts of a boat, including…

April 5, 2022

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Evergreen Cargo Ship Stuck in the Chesapeake Bay to Be Unloaded After Refloat Attempts Failed

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GLEN BURNIE, MD – A container ship owned by Evergreen, the Taiwanese-based cargo shipping corporation headed from Baltimore to Norfolk, ran aground on March 13th. It has been stuck there ever since.…

April 5, 2022

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Dominican Republic National Pleads Guilty to Trafficking Kilograms of Cocaine by Boat

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ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A man from the Dominican Republic pleaded guilty today to transporting over 300 kilograms of cocaine in a “go-fast” boat traveling from Colombia to the Dominican Republic. According to…

March 25, 2022

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United States Citizens Rescued From Sinking Vessel

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MIAMI— U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Air and Marine Operations rescued four adults from a sinking vessel, approximately three nautical miles south of Marathon, Florida, Wednesday morning. Two 41-foot Coastal Interceptor Vessels…

March 19, 2022

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Guatemalan National Indicted on International Cocaine Trafficking

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Assistant U.S. Attorney Kevin Mokhtari (619) 546-8402 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – March 18, 2022 SAN DIEGO – A federal grand jury indictment was unsealed in San Diego against Guatemalan national Axel Bladimir Montejo…

March 18, 2022

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Ecuadorian And Columbian Nationals Found Guilty Of Smuggling Over 400 Kilograms Of Cocaine In The Eastern Pacific Ocean

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Tampa, FL – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that a federal jury has convicted Luis Elias Angulo Leones (Ecuador, 29), Jhonis Alexis Landazuri Arboleda (Colombia, 33), and Dilson Daniel Arboleda…

March 17, 2022

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