U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, along with the FBI, DEA, and U.S. Probation, conducted a multi-agency operation targeting cartel-related drug and weapons trafficking in the South Lake Tahoe area. Gang members affiliated with Sureno and MS-13 were among those arrested.
An illegal immigrant from Nicaragua who was released by ICE skipped his immigration hearing weeks before allegedly stabbing a California man to death in a love triangle incident.
California Governor Gavin Newsom reversed course on a plan to release migrants after facing significant public outcry, proposing instead to freeze new Medi-Cal enrollment for immigrants without legal status amid a staggering budget deficit.
Operation Enforce and Remove, a collaborative effort by multiple federal and state agencies including ICE, FBI, DEA, and U.S. Marshals, resulted in 472 arrests in Arkansas, with 219 people arrested for being in the U.S. illegally and 253 arrests for suspicion of felony crimes such as assault, drug dealing, and sexual assault.
A pair of illegal alien brothers have been charged with stabbing a man to death in Hot Springs, Arkansas. The brothers were arrested after police say they fatally stabbed a man during an incident on March 14.
A Tucson man was sentenced to six years in federal prison for smuggling firearms and possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, in an investigation involving ICE Homeland Security Investigations, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and Customs and Border Protection.
Cesar Abraam Velasquez-Munoz, 20, of Peoria, was sentenced to 52 months in prison for his role in transporting two illegal aliens in March 2024, one of whom suffered fatal injuries after jumping out of the vehicle while it was moving.
Jesus Alejandro Bojorquez-Moreno, 37, of Mexico, was sentenced to 120 months in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute heroin and fentanyl, possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, and reentry of a removed alien.
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Arizona brought immigration-related criminal charges against 314 individuals during the week of May 17 through May 23, 2025, including 117 cases of illegal re-entry, 166 unauthorized entries, and 25 smuggling cases, as part of Operation Take Back America.
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Arizona brought immigration-related criminal charges against 257 individuals during the week of May 24 through May 30, 2025, including 125 cases of illegal re-entry and 124 instances of unauthorized entry, as part of Operation Take Back America.
