Six individuals, ages 13–21 and allegedly in the country illegally, have been charged in connection with the May 2 shooting death of Larisha Sharell Thompson, a South Carolina mother of two. According to court testimony, the suspects exchanged text messages using phrases like "mission fail" after the killing, demonstrating what authorities describe as a complete absence of remorse for the crime.
A University of South Carolina junior named Nathanial "Nate" G. Baker was fatally struck by a truck driven by Rosali Fernandez-Cruz, 24, who was in the country illegally and wanted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The driver fled the scene without rendering aid and has been charged with hit-and-run resulting in death and related offenses. The incident has prompted political calls for stricter immigration enforcement in South Carolina.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement reported 93 criminal illegal aliens were arrested during a 72-hour enforcement operation in Memphis, Tennessee, with 28 illegally possessed firearms seized. Attorney General Pamela Bondi highlighted the operation's notable arrests, including a Tren de Aragua terrorist, a felon in possession of a firearm, a man wanted for rape of a child, and an individual arrested for assault on a federal officer.
ICE, coordinating with domestic and international partners, filed criminal charges against five senior leaders of the Mexico-based Carteles Unidos cartel for drug trafficking and weapons offenses. The operation targets the recently designated foreign terrorist organization with the goal of dismantling its leadership structure and disrupting its narcotics distribution network across the United States and beyond.
Eugenio Abraham Solis-Klarks, a 31-year-old Guatemalan national living illegally in the United States, was convicted of first-degree attempted murder and sentenced to 18 years without parole after a January 2025 incident in Tennessee. During a traffic stop on Interstate 75, Solis-Klarks fled at speeds exceeding 100 mph and exchanged gunfire with Highway Patrol Trooper Paul Dubroc, who shot him in the legs before he was taken into custody.
Camilo Campos-Hurtado, 65, a Franklin, Tennessee soccer coach, pleaded guilty to four counts of sexual exploitation of a minor, receiving child sexual abuse material, and possession of fraudulent immigration documents stemming from conduct between 2017 and 2021. He faces a mandatory minimum of 15 years in federal prison at sentencing on October 29, 2025, and will be deported after serving his sentence.
Jose Guadalupe Vazquez-Delgado, 36, a Mexican national, was federally indicted for possession of ammunition by an illegal alien and unlawful reentry into the United States after allegedly shooting a man multiple times during an argument in Antioch, Tennessee, while the victim's seven-year-old daughter watched. Vazquez left 14 shell casings, his truck, and his Mexican passport at the scene; the victim survived after receiving life-saving emergency surgery. If convicted, Vazquez faces up to 15 years in federal prison for the firearms offense.
A federal indictment unsealed in the Middle District of Tennessee charged eight Venezuelan nationals for their roles in recruiting young women from Venezuela and other South and Central American countries, transporting them across the U.S. southern border, and compelling them to engage in commercial sex acts at Nashville-area motels from July 2022 through March 2024. Three defendants face additional sex trafficking conspiracy charges for using force, fraud, and coercion — including invoking ties to the violent Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua — to compel victims into commercial sex acts under a coercive debt scheme.
Law enforcement officials are searching for Tony Lopez-Infante, 32, a Venezuelan national who is in the country illegally, for allegedly striking 21-year-old Zach Carach with a vehicle on May 18 in Nashville while Carach was celebrating his birthday, then fleeing the scene. ICE confirmed Lopez-Infante entered the U.S. in August 2023, has a final deportation order, and federal partners including Homeland Security Investigations are assisting the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department in the manhunt.
ICE's New Orleans Field Office conducted a weeklong enforcement operation in the Nashville area that resulted in 196 arrests of individuals with criminal histories and immigration violations. Among those apprehended were gang affiliates, individuals with prior removals, and people convicted of serious crimes including assault, drug trafficking, and rape. Of the 196 arrested, 95 had prior criminal convictions and 31 were previously deported individuals who reentered the country illegally.
