Columbus, OH - The United States of America charged Jose Mendez-Peraza, a/k/a Shadow with racketeering conspiracy and murder through the use of a firearm during a crime of violence.

A defendant known as “Shadow” was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 30 years in prison for participating in a racketeering conspiracy and murder through the use of a firearm during a crime of violence.... More...   $0 (03-16-2020 - OH)

Brooklyn, NY - The United States of America chareg Jose Miguel Melendez-Rojas, Francisco Melendez-Perez, Abel Romero-Melendez, Jose Osvaldo Melendez-Rojas and Rosalio Melendez-Rojas with of sex trafficking, sex trafficking conspiracy, sex trafficking of minors, interstate prostitution, alien smuggling and money laundering conspiracy.

Following two weeks of trial, a federal jury in Brook... More...   $0 (03-16-2020 - )

Houston, TX - The United States of America charged Marquis Holmes aka Goldie with conspiring to compel three adult women to engage sexual activity by force and violence.

A 29-year-old former Katy resident has been ordered to prison for conspiring to compel three adult women to engage in sex trafficking by means of force and violence in Houston and other locations across the country, annou... More...   $0 (03-15-2020 - TX)

McAllen, TX - The United States of America charged Ociel Ambrosio Ramirez-Ramirez with attempting to export firearm magazines.

A 22-year-old Mexican national has been ordered to prison following his conviction of attempting to export firearm magazines, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.

Ociel Ambrosio Ramirez-Ramirez pleaded guilty Dec. 30, 2019.

Today, U.S. Distr... More...   $0 (03-12-2020 - TX)

Tampa, FL - The United States of America charged Alexander Giraldo Santa with conspiracy to possess and distribute cocaine using a submarine.

Alexander Giraldo Santa (48, Colombia) has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute five or more kilograms of cocaine while aboard a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. He faces a maximum penalty of ... More...   $0 (03-10-2020 - OK)

Columbus, OH - The United States of America charged Fabian Posadas-Mejia with for illegally reentering the United States.

A man who was in frequent communication with imprisoned members of the Columbus clique of MS-13 was sentenced in U.S. District Court today for reentering the United States illegally for the third time.

Fabian Posadas-Mejia, 44, was sentenced to 10 months in pr... More...   $0 (03-06-2020 - OH)

Lake Charles, LA - The United States of America charged Ezequiel Vega-Solano with illegal transportation of aliens.

Ezequiel Vega-Solano, a 22-year old Mexican national, previously residing in Foley, Alabama, pleaded guilty today to illegal alien transportation, announced U.S. Attorney David C. Joseph. Vega-Solano, originally from Sonora, Mexico, was in the United States as a Deferred Act... More...   $0 (03-05-2020 - LA)

Corpus Christi, TX - The United States of America charged Emiliano Espinoza-Guajardo with smuggling illegal aliens.

A federal jury sitting in Corpus Christi has convicted a 59-year-old Mission man for smuggling two illegal aliens within the United States, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.

The jury deliberated for approximately one hour before convicting Emiliano Espinoza-... More...   $0 (03-05-2020 - TX)

Chicago, IL - The United States of America charged Xianbing Gan with money laundering of illegal narcotics proceeds.

A federal jury in Chicago has convicted a Chinese national of laundering illegal narcotics proceeds on behalf of drug traffickers in Mexico.

On three occasions in 2018, XIANBING GAN schemed to have narcotics proceeds totaling approximately $534,206 picked up in Chi... More...   $0 (03-04-2020 - IL)

McAllen, TX - The United States of America charged Helen Garza and Herminia Cantu-Garcia with conspiracy to import and distribute meth.

Two Hildago women admitted to conspiring with each other to import approximately 50 kilograms of 99% pure meth from Mexico.

Helen Garza, 43, Rio Grande City, and Herminia Cantu-Garcia, 43, Roma pleaded guilty.

The woman planned to import... More...   $0 (03-03-2020 - CA)

Bangor, ME - The United States of America charged Cody Lyon with threatening a federal agent.

A Manchester, Maine man pleaded guilty in federal court in Bangor to threatening a federal agent.

Cody Lyon, 24, pleaded guilty to three counts of transmitting threatening interstate communications.

According to court records, in May and June 2019, agents with the Food and Drug ... More...   $0 (03-03-2020 - ME)

Wilmington, DE - The United States of America charged Thomas Noble with possession of child porn.

A New Castle, Delaware man was sentenced today to 15 years in prison for possessing and attempting to receive child pornography, announced David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware.

On October 24, 2019, a federal jury for the District of Delaware found Thomas Noble, ... More...   $0 (03-03-2020 - DE)

Tulsa, OK - The United States of America charged Hongjin Tan with stealing propriety information.

A former associate scientist was sentenced Thursday in federal court for stealing proprietary information worth more than $1 billion from his employer, a U.S. petroleum company.

In November 2019, Tan pleaded guilty to theft of a trade secret, unauthorized transmission of a trade secr... More...   $0 (02-29-2020 - OK)

Forty years ago, Congress recognized that refugees fleeing imminent persecution do not have the luxury of choosing their escape route into the United States. It mandated equity in its treatment of all refugees, however they arrived.1
This principle is embedded in the Refugee Act of 1980, which established an asylum procedure available to any migrant, “irrespective of such alien’s status,” and ... More...   $0 (02-29-2020 - CA)

Petitioner Erika Jisela Yanez-Pena seeks review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) denying her motion to reopen her removal proceedings. Yanez-Pena maintains that, in light of the Supreme Court’s holding in Pereira v. Sessions,1 a notice to appear (“NTA”) is defective if it does not include the time and place of the initial hearing. She argues that the NTA she received was def... More...   $0 (02-29-2020 - TX)

Grand Rapids, IA - The United States of America charged Jose Cruz-Medio with illegal reentry into the United States.

A man who illegally returned to the United States after being deported was sentenced today to eight months in federal prison.

Jose Cruz-Medio, age 48, a citizen of Guatemala illegally present in the United States and residing in Postville, Iowa, received the prison... More...   $0 (02-28-2020 - IA)

Urbana, IL - The United States of America charged Travis Tuggle with drug trafficked highly pure ‘ice’ methamphetamine.

Travis Tuggle, 38, has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for his leadership role in a network that trafficked highly pure ‘ice’ methamphetamine in East Central Illinois. On Feb. 18, 2020, U.S. District Judge James E. Shadid sentenced Tuggle to the government’... More...   $0 (02-26-2020 - IL)

Houston, TX - The United States of America charged Malik Berlanga with sexual exploitation of children by producing child porn.

A 22-year-old man from Friendswood has received a significant sentence following his convictions for producing and possessing child pornography.

Malik Berlanga pleaded guilty April 3, 2019.

Today, U.S. District Judge George C. Hanks Jr. handed... More...   $0 (02-25-2020 - TX)