Working with members of the Caribbean Corridor Strike Force, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) arrested two U.S. citizens for drug trafficking and seized 450 kilograms of cocaine, with an estimated street value of more than $10 million, off the coast of Puerto Rico. Full Story
A federal grand jury indicted Victor Flores, aka Little Creeper, of Petaluma, Calif., for attempting to kill three HSI special agents May 3. Flores, 20, is charged in a second superseding indictment that adds additional counts to the charges he already faces. Full Story
ICE's Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers from ERO San Antonio deported more than 68,000 aliens so far this fiscal year. Ninety-nine percent of those removals fell within ICE's enforcement priorities. Full Story
During a three-day operation, ERO teams arrested 31 individuals, of which nearly two dozen were criminal aliens whose conviction histories included child sex crimes, battery, domestic violence, embezzlement and possession of narcotics. Full Story
Following an investigation by HSI, a former Delta Airlines ramp agent pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute controlled substances, after he attempted to obtain a suitcase containing more than $614,000 worth of illegal drugs that had arrived on a flight from Mexico City. Full Story
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