Federal Jury Convicts High Level ISIS Member of Six Counts of Material Support to a Foreign Terrorist Organization, Including Two Counts Resulting in Death
A federal jury in Brooklyn returned a guilty verdict yesterday against Mirsad Kandic on one count of conspiracy to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), and…
Ohio man charged with aiding and abetting plot to murder former President
COLUMBUS, Ohio – An Iraqi citizen living in Columbus, Ohio, has been charged federally with an immigration crime and with aiding and abetting a plot to murder former United States President George…
MECKLER: Democrats Have Long Dreamed Of Turning Texas Blue. Will Their Vision Come Crumbling Down?
MECKLER: Democrats Have Long Dreamed Of Turning Texas Blue. Will Their Vision Come Crumbling Down? Mark Meckler on May 24, 2022 Just as states like California have long been unwaveringly blue, Texas…
Correctional Officer Sentenced For Attempting To Smuggle Drugs Into Fort Myers Facility
Fort Myers, Florida – United States District Judge Thomas P. Barber has sentenced Leslie Spencer (49, Port Charlotte) to 30 months in federal prison for attempting to possess with the intent to…
SMUGGLER’S PARADISE: How American Teenagers Are Being Lured Into Human Trafficking On Social Media
SMUGGLER’S PARADISE: How American Teenagers Are Being Lured Into Human Trafficking On Social Media Jennie Taer on May 22, 2022 A mother detailed how her son fell victim to a border human…
Fraud Scheme Involving Baby Formula Leads to 18-Year Federal Prison Sentences for Swindlers
Miami, Florida – A federal district judge in Miami has sentenced each of three South Florida residents to 220 months in prison after a jury found them guilty of orchestrating an elaborate…
In Less than 24 Hours CBP Officers in Louisville Intercept $3.65M in Counterfeit Designer Apparel & Unapproved Medication
LOUISVILLE, Ky— In 24 hours, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Louisville have seized a myriad of items: counterfeit driver’s licenses, counterfeit Apple Air pods and Watches, and counterfeit designer…
Human Smugglers Continue to Disregard Public Safety
EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents and local law enforcement partners disrupted three human smuggling events. On May 17, McAllen Border Patrol Station (MCS) agents apprehended four…
Husband-and-Wife Scientists Plead Guilty to Illegally Importing Potentially Toxic Lab Chemicals and Illegally Forwarding Confidential mRNA Vaccine Research to China
Assistant U. S. Attorney Alexandra F. Foster (619) 546-6735 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – May 19, 2022 SAN DIEGO – Chenyan Wu and Lianchun Chen, a married couple who worked as research scientists…
Three convicted for $500,000 Mexican cartel weapon scheme
LAREDO, Texas – Three individuals have admitted to their roles in a conspiracy for Cartel del Noreste (CDN), announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. Luis Ramos, 44, Rio Bravo, pleaded guilty today…
Eagle Pass Border Patrol Agents Encounter Six Large Groups of Migrants in Less Than Two Days
DEL RIO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to Del Rio Sector’s Eagle Pass Station apprehended six large groups of migrants within a 36-hour period, May 16-17, shortly after they illegally…
Apprehensions and Property Damage in RGV Continues
EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents and local law enforcement partners encountered four large groups, disrupted three human smuggling events, including a human smuggling stash house resulting…
Federal Jury Convicts Nevada Man of Impeding and Threatening Federal Officers at the Port of Entry
TUCSON, Ariz. – On Monday, John Milton Lee, 62, of Las Vegas, Nevada, was found guilty by a federal jury of smuggling goods from the United States and impeding and threatening a…
U.S. Citizen Arrested Attempting to Smuggle Two Undocumented Individuals
CALEXICO, Calif. – El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents conducting anti-smuggling operations arrested a United States citizen and two undocumented individuals, Sunday afternoon. At approximately 3:55 p.m., agents attempted to conduct a…
Over 1.56M of Narcotics Seized Over the Weekend
IMPERIAL, Calif. – El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents in coordination with a joint task force of various law enforcement agencies seized over 1.56 million worth of narcotics in three separate events…
Burien, Washington, seafood broker sentenced for illegally shipping potentially tainted clams
Seattle – A Burien, Washington, seafood broker was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 90 days in prison, and three years of supervised release, for smuggling goods from the…
Del Rio Sector Agents Encounter Five Large Groups of Migrants Over Weekend
DEL RIO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to Del Rio Sector’s Eagle Pass Station apprehended five large groups of migrants in less than 31 hours. They were encountered almost immediately…
Six Charged with Trafficking More Than 1,750 Pounds of Cocaine; Investigation Led to Discovery of Cross-Border Tunnel
Assistant U. S. Attorneys Lawrence A. Casper (619) 546-6734, Paul Benjamin (619) 546-7579, James Redd (619) 546-9661 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – May 16, 2022 SAN DIEGO – A federal drug investigation has…
Del Rio Sector Border Patrol Agents Arrest Sex Offender
DEL RIO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to Del Rio Sector arrested a convicted sex offender, May 10. At 5:15 a.m., Uvalde Station agents arrested a group of 11 subjects stemming from a…