For many who call Alexandria home, recent events across the United States and in neighboring jurisdictions, have resulted in fear, confusion, and concern. As your Mayor, I want to emphasize that Alexandria is committed to being a city where all residents are supported, respected, and valued. We will always be a community where all are welcome.
U.S. Attorney Russ Ferguson announced today that the U.S. Attorney’s Office has filed separate criminal charges against 18 defendants as part of Operation Take Back America, for violations that include straw purchasing of firearms, bank robbery, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, possession of a firearm by an illegal alien, illegal reentry, and failure to notify a change of address.
According to court documents and other information presented in court, Mondragon, age 45, was born in Mexico and illegally entered the United States. Mondragon started distributing drugs as early as 2008. Law enforcement began investigating Mondragon in 2019 and conducted controlled purchases of pure methamphetamine from him on three occasions.
ICE apprehended the illegal alien after local authorities failed to return him to ICE custody despite a judge’s order specifically requiring his return at the conclusion of his local criminal proceedings for aggravated driving while intoxicated.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and their federal partners were assaulted by an illegal alien while executing a federal search warrant at Glenn Valley Foods into the large-scale employment of aliens without legal work authorization, June 10.
A Massachusetts man was sentenced June 2 in federal court in Boston after a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement investigation into his role leading a large-scale drug trafficking organization found he distributed fentanyl sourced from Latin America.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the U.S. Border Patrol, the Louisiana State Police, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the FBI arrested approximately 84 illegal aliens June 17 during a worksite enforcement operation at the Delta Downs Racetrack in Calcasieu Parish, near Vinton, Louisiana.
A Mexican National illegally residing in Lexington, Serafin Bayona, 35, was sentenced on Wednesday to 135 months by U.S. District Judge Gregory VanTatenhove for financially benefiting from forced labor.
Today, El Paso County Sheriff Joseph Roybal released information regarding individuals who have been transferred to the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) since January 2025, from the El Paso County Jail.
In April 2024, Sheriff Roybal and the El Paso County Board of County Commissioners announced their intent for El Paso County to join as an official party to a lawsuit against the State of Colorado, which was originally filed by Douglas County in March of 2024, authorizing litigation against the state of Colorado to challenge the provision of two revised statutes.
