Immigration
CBP Names Two Senior Executives to Lead El Paso Field Office Operations
CBP appoints Ray Provencio as Director of Field Operations and Andrew Douglas as Port Director at the El Paso Field Office.
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Immigration
ICE Detains Mexican Illegal Immigrant Charged in Georgia Mother's DUI Death
ICE issued a detainer against Rodrigo Antonio Rodriguez Flores, a Mexican illegal immigrant charged with DUI and vehicular homicide in the death of Alicia Thomas in Gwinnett County, Ga.
Crime
Kansas Executive Gets 32 Months for Smuggling Avionics to Russia
Douglas Robertson of Olathe, Kansas, sentenced to 32 months for illegally exporting controlled avionics equipment to Russian end users after the Ukraine invasion.
Immigration
ICE Arrests Alleged Tren de Aragua Member Released by New York Authorities
ICE and U.S. Marshals arrested a Venezuelan illegal immigrant and alleged Tren de Aragua gang member in Albion, N.Y., after local authorities ignored a detainer.
Faith
Nigeria Parliament Approves State Police Bill After Years of Failed Christian Protection
Nigeria's parliament passed legislation allowing 36 states to create their own police forces after federal security repeatedly failed to protect Christian communities.
Faith
Activists Allege Forged Documents in Pakistan Forced Marriage of Christian Girl, 13
Christian rights activists in Lahore say documents used to validate the marriage of 13-year-old Maria Shahbaz to her 30-year-old abductor were fabricated.
Immigration
Honduran Illegal Immigrant Deported Four Times Sentenced to 46 Months in Michigan
Wilmer Rodriguez, 39, a Honduran national deported four times, was sentenced to 46 months for unlawful re-entry after prior sexual assault and kidnapping convictions.
Crime
Two Illegal Immigrants From Colombia Sentenced for Trafficking 21 Kilos of Cocaine
Two Colombian nationals in the U.S. illegally were each sentenced to 57 months in prison after police found 21 kilograms of cocaine during a traffic stop in Calera, Alabama.
Immigration
Federal Prosecutors File 75 Border Cases in San Diego District This Week
The U.S. Attorney's Office in the Southern District of California filed 75 border-related cases including fentanyl importation and alien smuggling.
World
Venezuela Triples Oil Exports Since Maduro's Capture, Pivots to U.S. and India
Venezuela's oil exports surged from 400,000 to 1.25 million barrels per day since Maduro's arrest, with interim President Rodríguez courting India and Turkey.
Crime
Vancouver Woman Gets 100 Months for Fentanyl Deaths of Two Oregon Brothers
Alondra Stephanie Trujillo sentenced to 100 months in federal prison for distributing counterfeit fentanyl pills that killed two brothers in Woodburn, Oregon.
Crime
Sacramento Man Indicted for Bringing Explosive Device to Airport Checkpoint
A federal grand jury indicted Kimani Osayande Jones, 49, on three counts after TSA screeners found an M-type explosive device in his carry-on bag at Sacramento International Airport.
Crime
Two Guatemalan Smugglers Plead Guilty in 2021 Crash That Killed 56 Migrants
Two Guatemalan nationals admitted to conspiracy in a human smuggling operation that packed 160 people into a tractor-trailer, killing 56 in Chiapas, Mexico.