ICE's top 5 news stories for the week ending August 4, 2012
Aug. 2, 2012 — HSI, Caribbean Corridor Strike Force seize 450 kilograms of cocaine, arrest 2
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.
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Aug 2, 2012 — Alleged gang member charged with attempted murder of HSI special agents
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.
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Aug 1, 2012 — San Antonio ICE office deports record number of aliens so far in 2012
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.
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July 31, 2012 — 31 arrested in San Diego-area ICE operation targeting criminal aliens
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.
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July 31, 2012 — Former Delta employee pleads guilty to drug smuggling charges
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.
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