Homeland Security Investigations

Santa Maria, Calif. — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) says a recent raid in Santa Maria, which drew a crowd of protesters, was part of a visa fraud investigation. …

NEW YORK — Federal, state, and city law enforcement officials announced on Nov. 14 the unsealing of a complaint charging eight men in connection with a multi-year car theft operation …

PENSACOLA, Fla. — Alfredo Mendoza Montero, a Mexican national living in Pensacola, was sentenced to two years and one day in federal prison after pleading guilty to multiple identity theft-related …

LAREDO, Texas — Erik Villegas Cusi, a 49-year-old man from Queretaro, Mexico, has pleaded guilty to conspiring to smuggle four kilograms of fentanyl and two kilograms of cocaine into the …

KENOSHA COUNTY, Wis. — After a months-long multi-agency investigation, eight individuals connected to the Mexican cartel La Familia Michoacana were arrested in Kenosha for operating an organized retail theft ring …

MIAMI – A Georgia businessman has been convicted on federal charges for paying bribes to Honduran government officials in exchange for lucrative contracts, prosecutors announced this week. Carl Alan Zaglin, …

JACKSON, TN – A Jackson man is facing multiple felony drug trafficking charges after a major multi-agency operation led to the seizure of a large quantity of narcotics and cash …

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Authorities have arrested a man in New Mexico believed to be a member of the violent Tren de Aragua gang, a group linked to drug trafficking and …

COLUMBUS COUNTY, N.C. — Dusty Paul Matthews, 38, was arrested following a joint investigation by the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation (SBI), Homeland Security Investigations, and the Columbus County …

CALIFORNIA — The U.S. Department of Justice announced that John Washburn, 57, of El Cajon, pleaded guilty on June 18 to knowingly hiring undocumented immigrants while serving as general manager …