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United States DistrictCourt

for the

Southern District ofOhio

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APPLICATION FOR A SEARCH WARRANT

I, a federal law enforcement officer or an attorney for the government, request a search warrant and state under

penaltyof peijury that I have reasonto believethat on the following personor property (identify the person ordescribe the

property to be searchedandgive its location):

See attached Affidavit and Attachment A.

located in the Southern District of Ohio , there is nowconcealed (identify the

person or describe the proper^ to be seized):

Antonio GALDAMEZ-Figueroa and identity documents

The basis for the search under Fed. R. Grim. P. 41(c) is (check oneormore):

• evidence of a crime;

• contraband, fhiits of crime, or other items illegally possessed;

sf property designed for use, intended for use, or used in committing acrime;

sTa person to be arrested or aperson who is unlawfully restrained.

The search is related to a violation of:

Code Section Offense Description , 8 U.S.C 1328(a) illegal re-entry ofan alien after being removed from the United States.

The application is based on these facts:

See attached Affidavit.

aT Continued onthe attached sheet.

• Delayed notice of days (give exact ending date ifmore than 30 days: )is requested

under 18U.S.C. § 3103a, the basis of which isset forth on theattached sheet.

Applicant's signature

Matthew J. Salmon. Deportation Officer (ICE)

Printed name and title

Sworn to before me and signed in my presence.

Date: 44^ udge s signpture

City and state: Columbus, Ohio Elizabeth Preston Deavers, U.S. Magistrate Judge

Printed name and title

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IN THE MATTER OF

THE SEARCH OF:

1906 Forest Elm Court

Columbus, Ohio 43229

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO

EASTERN DIVISION

CASE NO.

AFFIDAVIT IN SUPPORT OF SEARCH WARRANT APPLICATION

I, United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Deportation Officer,

Matthew J. Salmon, being first duly sworn, depose and state as follows:

1. I am a Deportation Officer with more than fourteen years of experience as an Immigration

Officer with United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), District

Adjudications Officer with United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, and Border

Patrol Agent with the United States Border Patrol. I am assigned to the Columbus, Ohio

Office of Enforcement and Removals-Field Operations Unit. I have investigated both

criminal and administrative matters involving aliens in the United States. I have successfully

completed the United States Border Patrol Agent Academy at the Federal Law Enforcement

Training Center (FLETC) in Charleston, South Carolina.

2. The facts set forth in this Affidavit are based on my personal knowledge and observations

during the course of this investigation between December 2015 and the present, further

conveyed to me by other law enforcement officers, confidential sources, and my review of

the records and documents obtained duringthe investigation. The purpose of this Affidavit is

only to establish probable cause; I have not set forth each and every fact known to me

concerning this investigation.

3. The purpose of this Affidavit is to support the United States's application for a search

warrant for the residence located at 1906 Forest Elm Court, Columbus, Ohio 43229, which is

the believed location where Antonio GALDAMEZ-Figueroa resides.

4. Based on the facts and information set forth in this Affidavit, I respectfully submit that there

is probable cause to believe that there is presently concealed evidence, fruits, and

instrumentalities on the premises known as 1906 Forest Elm Court, Columbus, Ohio 43229.

The evidence, fhiits, and instrumentalitiesrelate to violations of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a), an alien

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who has been denied admission, excluded, deported, or removed, or has departed the United

States while an order of exclusion, deportation or removal is outstanding, and thereafter

enters, attempts to enter, or at any time found in the United States, unless prior to reembarkation at a place outside the United States or an application for admission from a

foreign contiguous territory, the Attorney General has expressly consented to such alien's

reapplying for admission.

SUMMARY OF PROBABLE CAUSE

5. Antonio GALDAMEZ-Figueroa is a citizen of El Salvador and not a citizen of the United

States.

6. On or about June 8, 2004, GALDAMEZ-Figueroa was arrested by the United States Border

Patrol in Alice, Texas. At that time, GALDAMEZ-Figueroa was charged administratively as

an inadmissible alien as described in Section 212(a)(6)(A)(i) of the Immigration and

Nationality Act and issued Alien Registration Number 098 045 226. GALDAMEZ-Figueroa

was a juvenile at this time and was not fingerprinted. GALDAMEZ-Figueroa was released

on his own recognizance to a family member pending a future hearing. GALDAMEZFigueroa was a granted a change of venue for the immigration case from Texas to Virginia,

which is where he indicated to Immigration Officers that he planned to live. On or about

February 8, 2008, GALDAMEZ-Figueroa was granted Voluntary Departure by an

Immigration Judge in Arlington, Virginia. GALDAMEZ-Figueroa failed to depart the

United States by the required date of June 8, 2007. The failure to depart from the United

Statesthen made GALDAMEZ-Figueroa subject to a final order ofremoval retroactive to the

Voluntary Departure decision date of February 8, 2007. At that time, GALDAMEZFigueroa was classified as an ICE Fugitive.

7. On or about December 19, 2011, GALDAMEZ-Figueroa was arrested by ICE Officers in

Columbus, Ohio. GALDAMEZ-Figueroa was processed as an ICE Fugitive. On or about

February 12, 2012, GALDAMEZ-Figueroa was physically removed from the United States

to El Salvador via New Orleans, Louisiana. Prior to removal, GALDAMEZ-Figueroa

surrendered his fingerprint and photo for Immigration Form 1-205 (Warrant of

Removal/Deportation), a document that he signed. GALDAMEZ-Figueroa's removal was

vidtnessedby an Immigration Officer.

8. On or about April 13, 2012, GALDAMEZ-Figueroa was arrested for extortion in San Ana,

Metapan, El Salvador. The document received from the El Salvadoran National Police

indicates that GALDAMEZ-Figueroa and another subject were arrested for threatening a

person under protection. GALDAMEZ-Figueroa and the other subject were accused of

ordering the victim to make a money transfer through Banco Azteca Sonsonate to Banco

Azteca Metapan in El Salvador. The disposition ofthis case is unknown.

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9. On or about October 27, 2013, GALDAMEZ-Figueroa was arrested by the United States

Border Patrol in Rio Grande Valley, Texas. GALDAMEZ was charged administratively for

reinstatement of a prior order of removal as described in Section 241(a)(5) of the

Immigration and Nationality Act. On or about November 21, 2013, GALDAMEZ-Figueroa

was physically removed from the United States to El Salvador via San Antonio, Texas. Prior

to removal, GALDAMEZ-Figueroa surrendered his fingerprint and photo for Immigration

Form 1-205 (Warrant of Removal/Deportation), a document that he signed. GALDAMEZFigueroa's removal was witnessed by an Immigration Officer.

10. On or about March 11, 2014, GALDAMEZ-Figueroa was arrested by the United States

Border Patrol in Rio Grande Valley, Texas. GALDAMEZ-Figueroa was charged

administratively for reinstatement of a prior order of removal as described in Section

241(a)(5) ofthe Immigration and Nationality Act. On or about April 1, 2014, GALDAMEZFigueroa was physically removed from the United States to El Salvador via Laredo, Texas.

Prior to removal, GALDAMEZ-Figueroa surrendered his fingerprint and photograph for

Immigration Form 1-205 (Warrant of Removal/Deportation), a document that he signed.

GALDEMZ-Figueroa's removal was witnessed by an Immigration Officer.

11. Between December 2015 and the present, officers with ICE/ERO, the Federal Bureau of

Investigation, and the Columbus Division of Police have been conducting an investigation

into the transnational criminal organization. La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as MS-13.

Throughout the investigation, GALDAMEZ-Figueroa has been regularly named by sources

of information as a member of MS-13. Sources of information have declared that

GALDAMEZ-Figueroa is a jumped-in MS-13 member with the Columbus, Ohio clique

known as the Columbus Locos Salvatruchas (CLS).

12. A search of open source media has revealed photos of GALDAMEZ-Figueroa with other

MS-13 members.

13.Sources of information have provided officers with the address of 1906 Forest Elm Court,

Columbus, Ohio 43229 as the current residence ofGALDAMEZ-Figueroa.

14. On or about June 2, 2017 at approximately 7:40AM, GALDAMEZ-Figueroa was observed

and identified by surveillance officers exiting his residence at 1906 Forest Elm Court,

Columbus, Ohio 43229. GALDAMEZ-Figueroa was picked up in a 2006 Ford E-Series van

bearingOhio licenseplate PJM9692, registered to MelvinCARRILLOS-Pleitez at 672 South

Hampton Road, Columbus, Ohio 43213.

15. On or about June 16, 2017 at approximately 8:00AM, GALDAMEZ-Figueroa was observed

and identified by surveillance officers exiting his residence at 1906 Forest Elm Court,

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Columbus, Ohio 43229. GALDAMEZ-Figueroa was again picked up in a 2006 Ford ESeries van bearingOhio license plate PJM9692, registered to Melvin CARRILLOS-Pleitez at

672 South Hampton Road, Columbus, Ohio 43213.

16. On or about July 20, 2017 at approximately 7:40AM, GALDAMEZ-Figueroa was observed

and identified by surveillance officers exiting his residence at 1906 Forest Elm Court,

Columbus, Ohio 43229. GALDAMEZ-Figueroa was picked up in a Ford van bearing Ohio

license plate PJK7489, registered to Alcides A. GALDAMEZ-Posadas at 1752 Pine Street

South, Apartment B, Columbus, Ohio 43220.

17. On or about August 8,2017 at approximately 7:30AM, GALDAMEZ-Figueroa was observed

and identified by surveillance officers exiting his residence at 1906 Forest Elm Court,

Columbus, Ohio 43229. GALDAMEZ-Figueroa was picked up in a Ford van bearing Ohio

license plate PJK 7489, registered to Alcides A. GALDAMEZ-Posadas at 1752 Pine Street

South, Apartment B, Columbus, Ohio 43220.

CONCLUSION

18. Based on the aforementioned facts, your Affiant believes that there is probable cause that the

presence of Antonio GALDAMEZ-Figueroa constitutes evidence, fhiits, and

instrumentalities of a violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a), and is located within the premises of

1906 Forest Elm Court, Columbus, Ohio 43229.

19.Based on all the foregoing information, your Affiant respectfully requests that this Court

issue a warrant to search the premises known as 1906 Forest Elm Court, Columbus, Ohio

43229, which is more particularly described in Attachment A.

20. A request for the sealing of this Affidavit and related documents is necessary in this matter.

As detailed above, there is an ongoing investigation into the illegal activities of an unknown

person or persons. Your Affiant is apprehensive that the subject of this investigation may

attempt to flee, or attempt to destroy the identification documents, if the details of this

investigation and search become known to persons associated with the investigation. The

occupants of 1906 Forest Elm Court, Columbus, Ohio 43229 appear to have no permanent

ties to the commimity, have made great efforts to conceal their true identity, and are likely to

elude ICE officers is given the opportunity.

Matthew J. Salmon

Deportation Officer

Immigration and Customs Enforcement

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Sworn before me and subscribed in my presence on this jO day ofAugust 2017.

HONORABLE EI^ZAOTTH PRESTON DEAVERS

United States Magistrate Judge

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ATTACHMENT A

1906 Forest Elm Court

Columbus, Ohio 43229

The physical description ofthe residence to be searched is as follows:

2-story, townhouse facing Forest Elm Court. The residence to be searched has a purple

door that opens inward to the right into the residence.

2-story townhouse with other townhouses on each side. 1906 Forest Elm Court is the

third door from the west in a multi-unit building.

There is a small fenced-in porch to the rear ofthe residence with a slidingglass door.

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