Crime
Repeat Sex Offender Gets 27 Years for Exploiting Children Online in Washington
Corbett Lloyd Craig, 42, of Goldendale, Wash., sentenced to 27 years in federal prison for enticing two girls online and possessing child sex abuse material.
Immigration
Immigration
Border Patrol Agents Catch Illegal Immigrant With Fake Documents at Laredo Checkpoint
U.S. Border Patrol agents intercepted an illegal immigrant using fraudulent identification documents at a Laredo, Texas, checkpoint on Interstate 35.
Immigration
ICE Arrests Cuban Felon Who Defied Removal Order for 26 Years in Miami
ICE arrested Elias Cardoza-Torres, 58, a Cuban illegal immigrant with seven convictions who ignored a removal order issued more than 26 years ago.
Immigration
ICE Detains 3 Cuban Illegal Immigrants in Tennessee Human Trafficking Probe
Five men arrested and nine potential trafficking victims identified in Sumner County, Tennessee, with three Cuban illegal immigrants flagged by ICE.
Immigration
Two Guatemalans Plead Guilty in 2021 Smuggling Crash That Killed Over 50
Two Guatemalan nationals admitted roles in a tractor-trailer crash that killed more than 50 illegal aliens packed among 160 in Chiapas, Mexico.
Crime
Crime
Repeat Sex Offender Gets 27 Years for Exploiting Children Online in Washington
Corbett Lloyd Craig, 42, of Goldendale, Wash., sentenced to 27 years in federal prison for enticing two girls online and possessing child sex abuse material.
Crime
San Antonio Extremist Gets 40 Years for Coercing Children Into Self-Harm
Alexis Chavez, 19, an online leader of a nihilistic violent extremist network tied to 764, sentenced to 40 years for child exploitation.
World
World
Israel-Lebanon Framework Ties IDF Withdrawal to Hezbollah Disarmament
The trilateral U.S.-Israel-Lebanon framework signed June 26 conditions Israeli withdrawal on verified Hezbollah disarmament, but the group rejects the deal outright.
World
Saudi Arabia Strikes Sanaa Airport to Block Houthi Flight to Khamenei Funeral
Saudi-led coalition struck Sanaa International Airport to prevent a Houthi delegation from flying to slain Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei's funeral, triggering retaliatory missile fire.
World
Syria Seats 210-Member Parliament as Israeli Clashes Flare Near Border
Syria's new 210-member People's Assembly includes 70 presidential appointees as IDF operations near the Golan ceasefire line continue.
World
Ukraine Offers $6,700 Monthly Pay in Sweeping Military Contract Reforms
Ukraine announced fixed-term military contracts with assault infantry earning 300,000 hryvnias monthly to address chronic manpower shortages.
Faith
Faith
Maharashtra Orders Statewide Audit of Christian Properties After $31M Fraud Claim
India's Maharashtra state ordered a three-month audit of all church and Christian organization land holdings, alarming Christian communities facing rising pressure.
Faith
Iran Orders 20 Christian Families Evicted to Seize Historic Tehran Church
Iranian authorities are confiscating St. Peter's Evangelical Church in Tehran, evicting 20 Armenian and Assyrian families from the 10-acre compound.
Faith
Lahore Court Acquits Blind Christian Jailed 10 Months on False Blasphemy Charge
Nadeem Masih, a visually impaired Christian, was acquitted in Lahore after 10 months in prison on a blasphemy accusation fabricated by park workers.
Faith
Cardinal McElroy Says Exorcist Removal Was About Privacy, Not UFOs
Cardinal Robert McElroy told CNS his removal of Msgr. Stephen Rossetti as Washington exorcist targeted the public nature of the ministry, not UFO beliefs.
Security
Security
Maryland Man Gets 15 Years for Plot to Join ISIS, Target Jews
Michael Sam Teekaye Jr., 22, sentenced to 15 years for attempting to join ISIS and planning attacks against Jewish targets in Maryland.
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Immigration
Illegal Immigrant Who Tried to Give Newborn to Smugglers Removed to Mexico
ICE removed a 28-year-old Mexican national who attempted to fraudulently transfer her baby to another illegal immigrant to pay a smuggling debt.
Faith
Pope Leo XIV Condemns Human Traffickers in Historic Canary Islands Visit
Pope Leo XIV visited the Canary Islands, condemning traffickers preying on migrants and calling for legal pathways to Europe.
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.