California man sentenced for role in Mexican spider monkey smuggling ring
San Diego, Calif. – A California man was sentenced Friday to prison time and ordered to pay thousands in restitution after federal agents uncovered his role in a cross-border scheme to smuggle…
Woman Arriving At Henry E. Rohlsen Airport Sentenced For Attempting To Smuggling 6.6 Kilograms Of Marijuana
St. Croix, USVI – United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced today that Yvette Simeina, aged 41, was sentenced to two years of probation and a $1,000 fine for attempting to smuggle…
Three Smuggling Interdictions Lead To 36 Arrests
EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents disrupted three migrant smuggling attempts resulting in 36 arrests. On March 21, Kingsville Border Patrol Station agents working at the Javier…
Seven Failed Smuggling Attempts Lead to 106 Arrests
EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents disrupted seven migrant smuggling attempts resulting in 106 arrests. On the morning of March 21, McAllen Border Patrol Station (MCS) received…
Federal Inmate Sentenced to Three Years for Smuggling Contraband Into Prison Through Hole in Cell Window
PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Anthony Robinson, a/k/a Slick, 34, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced to three years in prison and three years of supervised release by…
EMS employee indicted for smuggling two in ambulance
LAREDO, Texas – A 45-year-old man has been indicted on alien smuggling charges, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. A federal grand jury returned the three-count indictment against Hugo Daniel Torres. He…
Tucson Woman Sentenced to Nearly Five Years for Smuggling Drugs and Undocumented Noncitizens
TUCSON, Ariz. – Yesenia Isabel Mendez, 40, of Tucson, Arizona, was sentenced on Friday by U.S. District Judge Jennifer G. Zipps to 57 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised…
Human smuggling attempt in a tractor-trailer Intercepted by Laredo Sector Border Patrol Agents
LAREDO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Laredo North Station intercepted a human smuggling attempt involving a tractor-trailer north of Laredo, Texas. The incident occurred on the evening of…
U.S. Attorney Announces Conviction Of Chappaqua Man For Gunpoint Robbery Of Over 100 Kilograms Of Cocaine, Smuggling A Firearm And Other Contraband Into The Metropolitan Correctional Center; Wife’s Conviction For Her Role Also Unsealed
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the unsealing today of a four-count superseding information charging DEEJAY WHITE with offenses relating to his participation in…
Correctional Officer Greg Mckenzie Indicted For Obstructing Investigation Of Smuggling Of Firearm Into Metropolitan Correctional Center
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Michael J. Driscoll, Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), and…
Three Failed Smuggling Attempts Lead to 32 Arrests
EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents disrupted three migrant smuggling attempts within an eight-hour span resulting in 32 arrests. On March 15, RGV agents working near Encino,…
Man Indicted for Smuggling Over 150 Pounds of Methamphetamine Across the U.S.-Mexico Border
PHOENIX, Ariz. – On Tuesday, a federal grand jury in Phoenix returned a four-count indictment against Cesar Alberto Palomares, 23, of Somerton, Arizona. The indictment alleges four violations of United States law…
Ecuadorian And Columbian Nationals Found Guilty Of Smuggling Over 400 Kilograms Of Cocaine In The Eastern Pacific Ocean
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…
York Man Sentenced To 165 Months’ Imprisonment For Smuggling Cocaine Through The U.S. Mail
HARRISBURG – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Elmer Rodriguez, age 51, of York, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on March 14, 2022, to 165 months’ imprisonment to…
Border Patrol and New York State Police thwarts human smuggling attempt in upstate New York
PLATTSBURGH, New York – U.S. Border Patrol agents from the Champlain Border Patrol Station apprehended seven individuals in connection with a failed smuggling attempt early Sunday morning. On March 6, Border Patrol…
RGV Agents Disrupt Three Smuggling Attempts
EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents disrupted three smuggling attempts resulting in seven arrests, and the seizure of more than 101 pounds of marijuana. On March 13,…
Out of state man admits to smuggling Iran nationals
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A 62-year-old man pleaded guilty to attempting to smuggle two Iranian citizens into the country, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. Gholamreza Hosseinpour, Fairfax, Virginia, pleaded guilty to…
Border Patrol foils human smuggling attempt in upstate New York
CHATEAUGAY, New York – U.S. Border Patrol agents from the Burke Border Patrol Station arrested five individuals in connection to a failed smuggling attempt on Thursday morning. On March 3, Border Patrol…
Five Defendants Charged In Multi-Million Dollar Prescription Drug Smuggling & Money Laundering Scheme
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN – U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced that five defendants have been charged with conspiring to smuggle prescription drugs into the United States illegally. Brendon…
Laredo Sector Border Patrol Agents stop human smuggling attempt
LAREDO, Texas – Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to the Hebbronville Station detected and stopped a human smuggling attempt near Hebbronville, Texas. The event occurred on March 8, when a Border Patrol agent…
Caribbean AMO Agents Seize Aircraft Tied to Smuggling Activities
ST. THOMAS, Virgin Islands — U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Air and Marine Operations (AMO) agents seized an aircraft on Tuesday suspected of having been used for smuggling events. During an arrest…
Three Migrant Smuggling Events Interdicted
EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents interdicted three migrant smuggling events with the assistance of the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) resulting in 27 arrests. Just…
Three Men Will Serve Time in Prison for Smuggling Drugs into Prison
Greenville, MS – Three Puerto Rican men have been sentenced to prison for conspiring to distribute illegal narcotics. According to court documents, Christian Jose Collazo Torres, 28, of Ponce, Puerto Rico, Neftali…
Texan caught smuggling over $30,000
LAREDO, Texas – A 36-year-old man has been charged with bulk cash smuggling, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. A federal grand jury has returned an indictment against Modesto Zepeda for smuggling…
Indictment returned for smuggling nearly 80 in trailer
LAREDO, Texas – A 52-year-old legal permanent resident of North Carolina has been charged with human smuggling, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. Today, a federal grand jury returned the three-count indictment…
CBP Again Prevents Multiple Bologna Smuggling Schemes
EL PASO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agriculture Specialists assigned to the Bridge of the Americas and Santa Teresa border crossings seized 230 pounds of prohibited pork bologna on two…
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