U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services was instrumental in the apprehension of an MS-13 gang member and confessed murderer in Virginia just weeks before Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger took office and ended the state’s cooperation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services provided key assistance during the investigation that led to a three-count indictment charging 11 individuals for their alleged roles in federal conspiracies related to marriage fraud and bribery.
ICE Philadelphia deployed surge teams to Martinsburg, Moorefield, Morgantown, Beckley, Huntington and Charleston as part of the operation.
Five of the 37 fugitives expelled from Mexico into the U.S. on Jan. 20 were subjects of an ICE Homeland Security Investigations probe into cells of the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generación and the Sinaloa Cartel.
Following an ICE Homeland Security Investigations El Paso investigation, a local man was sentenced Jan. 28 to federal prison for his role in a cross-border tunnel smuggling conspiracy.
An investigation by ICE Homeland Security Investigations Dallas uncovered a nationwide counterfeit document scheme resulting in the federal sentencing of two Mexican nationals who produced and sold thousands of fake IDs.
Manuel Trevino Padilla, 43, a United States citizen and documented Tango Blast gang member, was arrested on Aug. 19, 2025, during a joint narcotics enforcement operation led by HSI Midland and the Midland County Sheriff’s Office.
