The U.S. Department of Justice secured the extradition of 14 fugitives from 10 countries, including alleged murderers, drug traffickers, cyber criminals, and an MS-13 gang leader, in a coordinated international law enforcement effort.
Joel Vargas-Escobar, a high-ranking MS-13 leader and previously deported El Salvadoran national, was arrested in Long Island, New York, for his alleged role in a conspiracy responsible for 11 murders. He faces a mandatory life sentence if convicted.
The United States secured custody of 29 defendants from Mexico facing charges for racketeering, drug-trafficking, murder, and other crimes, including leaders of cartels designated as Foreign Terrorist Organizations such as the Sinaloa Cartel and CJNG.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested five individuals previously convicted of violent crimes including sexual offenses against children. All five convicted criminals are citizens of Mexico and are in the U.S. illegally.
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.
