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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Crime
Oregon Man Gets 10 Years for Child Exploitation After Multinational HSI Probe
Matthew Lynn Windom, 55, of Albany, Oregon, sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for possessing child sexual abuse material after an international investigation.
Crime
CBP Officers Find Child Exploitation Material on Maryland Man's Phone at Dulles
CBP officers at Dulles Airport discovered child sexual abuse and bestiality material on a Maryland man's phone, leading to his arrest on Virginia felony charges.
Faith
Nearly 300 Christians Displaced by Hindu Mobs in India's Chhattisgarh
Nearly 300 Christians in India's Sukma district have been forcibly displaced by radical Hindu mobs in 2026, International Christian Concern reports.
Faith
Islamist Mob Assaults Christian Preacher in Bangladesh as Jamaat Influence Grows
A 55-year-old Christian preacher was beaten by Jamaat-e-Islami-linked men in Bangladesh after declaring his faith, part of a rising pattern of attacks.
Security
Somali Pirate Attacks Hit Highest Rate Since 2011 in Gulf of Aden
Somali pirates have seized three vessels and launched multiple attacks in the Gulf of Aden since late April, the worst surge since 2011.
Immigration
Eight Illegal Immigrants Indicted for Stealing Social Security Numbers in Kentucky
Federal agents arrested 13 illegal immigrants and indicted eight for using stolen Social Security numbers to work at a Paducah, Ky., window supply business.
Crime
Romanian Illegal Immigrant Gets 18 Months for EBT Skimming Fraud Scheme
Marius Catalin Trica, smuggled into the U.S. multiple times, sentenced to 18 months for bank fraud targeting vulnerable EBT recipients in New York and Los Angeles.
Immigration
Nicaraguan Tactical Instructor Gets 51 Months for Assaulting HSI Agent in New York
Michel Manuel Garcia Rojas, an illegal immigrant from Nicaragua, was sentenced to 51 months in federal prison for violently assaulting an HSI agent in New York.
Crime
North Carolina Man Indicted for Child Sexual Abuse at Nepal Orphanage He Founded
Michael Hess, 73, of Davidson, N.C., faces up to 30 years in prison for alleged illicit sexual conduct with a minor at a Nepal orphanage he founded.
Crime
Chilean Illegal Immigrant Gets 45 Months for Identity Fraud Across 7 States
Mayorie Fernandez-Ormeno, 37, sentenced to 45 months and ordered to pay $47,218.84 in restitution for stealing credit cards from 18 victims.
Crime
Dallas Man Gets 30 Years for Sex Trafficking Nine Women Since 2017
Chase Anthony Young, 34, sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for trafficking nine women through force, fraud, and coercion since at least 2017.
Crime
D.C. Child Psychotherapist Gets 10 Years for Trove of Abuse Images
Victor Blythe, a former Children's National psychotherapist, sentenced to 10 years for distributing child sexual abuse material.