APPENDIX A
Glossary of Terms and Names
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BAILEY | James | Assistant Regional Director, Intelligence, INS Central Regional office |
BENNINGFIELD | Debbie | Deputy Administrator, Latent Prints Section, Houston Police Department |
BENTON | Claudia | West University Place, TX victim whose murder on December 16, 1998 led to Resendezs identification as a serial murderer |
BIGGS | Tim | Chief, Biometric Information Systems Section, INS Office of Information Resources Management |
BRODERICK | Paul | Intelligence Operations Specialist, INS Central Regional office, who offered to prepare electronic wanted poster for Resendez as a result of the Houston District Offices weekly intelligence report |
BUENTELLO | Matias | Intelligence Border Patrol agent, Del Rio, TX Sector Headquarters involved in the placement of Resendezs fingerprints in the IDENT lookout database |
CARTER | Andrew | Texas Ranger assigned to help investigate the murder of Claudia Benton |
CASON | Thomas | Special Agent, Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force, INS Houston District Office, assigned to work with the FBI Resendez Task Force |
DARSEE | Herb | Special Agent, INS Houston District Office, assigned as liaison with Gulf Coast Violent Offenders Task Force |
DOZIER | Kelly | Special Agent, Anti-Smuggling Unit, INS Houston District Office, contacted by West University Place Police Department regarding border lookout on Resendez |
ESTEVIS | David | Lead Intelligence Border Patrol agent, Del Rio, TX Sector Headquarters, took initiative to place Resendezs record in the IDENT lookout database |
FREDRICK | Carolyn | Gorham, IL June 15, 1999, murder victim (along with George Morber) |
FRIESENHAHN | Susan | Special Agent, Alien Criminal Apprehension Program, INS Houston District Office, Acting Supervisor from December 1998 until April 1999 |
GREATHOUSE | Daniel | Manager, Biometric Support Center |
JENNINGS | David | Special Agent, Alien Criminal Apprehension Program, INS Houston District Office, Acting Supervisor from December 1998 until April 1999 |
JULIANO | Michael | Special Agent, Intelligence Officer, INS Houston District Office, who prepared weekly intelligence report that included mention of Resendez |
KONVICKA | Josephine | Fayette County, TX June 3, 1999, murder victim |
MACHA | Kenneth | Detective, West University Place Police Department, assigned to investigate the murder of Claudia Benton |
MAIER | Christopher | Lexington, KY August 29, 1997, murder victim |
MASON | Leafie | Hughes Springs, TX October 1, 1998, murder victim |
McMAHON | Michael | Assistant District Director for Investigations, INS Houston District Office |
MEISSNER | Doris | Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service |
MOLLOHAN | Alan | U.S. Representative from the 1st District of West Virginia |
MORBER | George | Gorham, IL June 15, 1999, murder victim (along with Carolyn Frederick) |
PEARSON | Michael | INS Executive Associate Commissioner, Field Operations |
PIPER | Roger | Deputy District Director, INS Houston District Office, was Acting District Director who distributed IDENT lookout policy in 1998 to Houston District Office employees |
PLASKET | Albert | Special Agent, INS Houston District Office, contacted by Texas Ranger, Andrew Carter, to review Resendezs alien file |
REED | Mark | Regional Director, INS Central Region |
RENO | Janet | Attorney General of the United States |
SAENZ | Emilio | Assistant District Director, Detention and Deportation Branch, INS Houston District Office |
SALTARELLI | Marco | Special Agent, INS Houston District Office, assigned as principal INS contact for the police in the investigation of the murder of Claudia Benton |
SANCHEZ | Fred | Supervisory Special Agent, INS Houston District Office, Acting Deputy District Director, Investigations in early 1999 |
SANDERS | Joseph | Detective, West University Place Police Department, assigned to investigate the murder of Claudia Benton |
SIRNIC | Karen | Weimar, TX April 30, 1999, murder victim (along with Norman Sirnic) |
SIRNIC | Norman | Weimar, TX April 30, 1999, murder victim (along with Karen Sirnic) |
SORUKAS | William | Senior Inspector, Investigative Services Division, Domestic Investigations Unit, U.S. Marshals Service Headquarters, took initiative to place Resendezs record in the IDENT lookout database |
YOUNG | Mark | Special Agent, FBI, Houston who, as Field Coordinator for the National Center for Analysis of Violent Crime, profiles violent crimes |
ABBREVIATION | TERM | DEFINITION |
ACAP | Alien Criminal Apprehension Program | Program in INS Investigations Division implemented in 1986 to locate, charge, prosecute and remove aliens who are involved in, or associated with, criminal activities in the U.S. |
ADP | Automated Data Processing |
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AFIS | Automated Fingerprint Identification System | |
ASAC | Assistant Special Agent in Charge | |
ASU | Anti-Smuggling Unit | |
AUSA | Assistant U.S. Attorney | |
BSC | Biometric Support Center | INS unit responsible for reviewing submitted fingerprint cards and entering appropriate ones, along with photographs of aliens, into the IDENT lookout database. |
CAL/DOJ | California Department of Justice | |
CIS | Central Index System | INS database containing information on approximately 45 million aliens who have come into contact with the INS and have been given an Alien number. It identifies the location of each aliens file, and includes biographical and status information about the alien. |
CMF | Criminal Master File | FBI master file of fingerprint cards for arrested persons. |
CUSA | Citizenship USA | INS program designed to substantially reduce the backlog of naturalization applications. |
D&D | Detention and Deportation | INS component responsible for processing aliens through the detention and removal process. |
DACS | Deportable Alien Control System | INS database used primarily by Detention and Deportation personnel to track aliens through the deportation process. |
DEO | Detention Enforcement Officer | INS employees responsible for the care, transportation, and confinement of aliens detained by the INS. |
DMS | Detention Management System | INS automated system that enables detention facilities to monitor and manage their occupants. |
DOJ | Department of Justice |
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EAC | Executive Associate Commissioner | |
EWI | Entry Without Inspection | |
FBI | Federal Bureau of Investigation | |
FIN | Fingerprint Identification Number | Unique numerical identifier for each alien's fingerprints contained in the IDENT recidivist database. |
IAFIS | Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System | FBI automated fingerprint-matching system that contains the criminal histories of over 40 million arrestees and database of their fingerprints. |
INA | Immigration and Naturalization Act |
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INS | Immigration and Naturalization Service | |
JMD | Justice Management Division | |
LECA | Law Enforcement Communications Assistant | Border Patrol employees in the sectors communications office, commonly known as the radio room," who perform records searches of databases to gather information about aliens INS and criminal backgrounds. |
MPS | Management and Planning Staff | JMD office that performs reviews of DOJ components at the request of management. |
NAILS | National Automated Immigration Lookout System II | INS centralized text-based automated system used primarily by INS inspectors at ports of entry to check travelers who are seeking to enter the United States to determine if there are lookouts for them. |
NCIC | National Crime Information Center | Database managed by the FBI that contains criminal history information on millions of individuals. It provides records of arrests, convictions, and identifying information about criminals that have been submitted by federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies. The system contains 20 categories of files, including files for wanted persons and deported felons. |
OCDETF | Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force |
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OIG | Office of the Inspector General | |
OIRM | Office of Information Resources Management | INS office responsible for supporting INS operating components through the development and maintenance of automated information systems. |
OPP | Office of Policy and Programs | INS office responsible for strategic planning, research and evaluation, Government Performance Results Act, statistics, and the INS policy council. |
PAIC | Patrol Agent in Charge | Lead supervisor of a Border Patrol station. |
PO | Prosecution Officer | Border Patrol agent responsible for the management of cases presented for prosecution. |
SA | Special Agent | |
SPC | Service Processing Center | INS facilities for the detention of aliens. |
TCIC | Texas Criminal Information Center | Database managed by the State of Texas that contains criminal history information and outstanding warrants for those individuals arrested and wanted in Texas. |
TECS | Treasury Enforcement Communication System | Text-based automated system operated by the U.S. Customs Service that contains information and lookouts on suspect individuals, businesses, and vehicles. TECS terminals normally are located at ports of entry and are used by Customs Service and INS inspectors to check incoming travelers, including passengers on incoming international airline flights. |
UFAP | Unlawful Flight to Avoid Prosecution | Federal statute that prohibits interstate travel with the intent to avoid prosecution for a crime that is a felony under the laws of the jurisdiction from which the fugitive flees. |
USAO | U.S. Attorney's Office |
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USMS | U.S. Marshals Service | |
VICAP | Violent Criminal Apprehension Program | FBI database that assists in identifying criminal cases with significant similarities, from input developed at the crime scene. |
WIN | Western Identification Network | Automated fingerprint identification system, created in 1989, that consists of fingerprint cards submitted by seven states (Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, and Alaska) for individuals who have been arrested in those locations and the cards of certain aliens submitted by the INS. |
WUP | West University Place |
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