Isaac Jimenez, a U.S. citizen and San Diego resident, pleaded guilty in federal court June 16 confessing his role in an alien smuggling conspiracy that held would-be migrants hostage in Mexico.
A Homeland Security Investigations Seattle-led, multinational investigation has led to a 10-year federal prison sentence for an Albany, Oregon, man who possessed child sexual abuse material.
During the week ending June 12, ICE removed several criminal illegal aliens convicted of crimes ranging from sexual assault of children to drug possession and murder.
Geoffrey K. Auyeung pleaded guilty in February and was sentenced June 9 for taking in fraud proceeds and forwarding them to coconspirators’ bank accounts and cryptocurrency addresses. In addition to the five-year sentence, he will also forfeit approximately $10 million.
Twenty-five of the aliens arrested were members or associates of some of the most brutal transnational and prison gangs in the world, including MS-13, Surenos 13, 18th Street, Tango Blast, Paisas, Chucos Tangos, Southwest Cholos, Brown and Proud, and La Primera.