Following an ICE San Diego investigation, three fugitives transferred from Mexico appeared in federal court facing charges including drug trafficking, human smuggling, and money laundering as part of Operation Take Back America.
ICE officers deported Mexican boxer and criminal alien Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. after arresting him in Los Angeles. Chavez was wanted in Mexico for involvement in organized crime and trafficking firearms, ammunition, and explosives.
Department of Homeland Security officials took 16 individuals into custody during an immigration enforcement operation at a Los Angeles Home Depot in the MacArthur Park area, targeting illegal aliens from Guatemala, Mexico, Honduras, and Nicaragua.
ICE arrested two Vietnamese nationals in Los Angeles as part of a targeted enforcement program focusing on sex offenders. The pair had kidnapped and sexually assaulted six women, aged 15 to 21, at gunpoint during crimes committed in the 1980s.
Rosa De Arcos, an alleged drug trafficker, was extradited from Mexico and arraigned in federal court on charges of importing and conspiring to distribute methamphetamine, fentanyl, and cocaine following an ICE investigation. De Arcos had fled to Mexico in 2018.
ICE Homeland Security Investigations arrested nine illegal aliens during a raid on an underground nightclub in El Monte, California, where agents also seized drugs and thousands of reencoded gift cards suspected in financial crimes.
ICE San Diego officers arrested a criminal alien from Mexico who had prior deportations and a DUI conviction. During a joint federal operation, the suspect attempted to flee and collided with two government vehicles, injuring a federal officer.
Florida Rep. Brian Mast linked a deadly truck crash caused by an illegal immigrant to systemic failures in commercial driver's license testing and immigration enforcement. The crash killed three people on Florida's Turnpike.
Rolando Nava Pacheco, a 19-year-old illegal alien from Mexico, was charged in federal court for assaulting a federal officer and damaging government property during a joint operation in San Diego when the suspect attempted to flee a traffic stop.
ICE San Francisco arrested Jose De Santiago-Martinez, an illegal alien from Mexico with two separate drunk driving convictions, after he had evaded authorities for over 20 years in California.
