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March 12, 2025Houston, TX, United StatesEnforcement and Removal

ICE, law enforcement partners apprehend previously deported fugitive alien wanted for vehicular homicide

HOUSTON — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the U.S. Marshals Service, the Victoria Police Department and the Victoria County Sheriff’s Office arrested a previously deported fugitive alien wanted in North Texas for vehicular homicide March 10 in Victoria, Texas.

Joel Sac-Tambriz, a 24-year-old previously deported Guatemalan national, was taken into custody pursuant to an outstanding arrest warrant out of Tarrant County, Texas, for vehicular homicide for allegedly hitting a 30-year-old man with his vehicle and fleeing the scene on June 9, 2024. Sac-Tambriz is also charged with assaulting an officer and evading arrest for allegedly resisting law enforcement during the encounter and attempting to flee.

Gustavo Francisco Sohom Sac, 19, Pascual Alexander Guachiac Tzep, 18, both undocumented aliens from Guatemala, and Runfa Jiang, a 29-year-old undocumented alien from China, were also arrested during the encounter for allegedly evading arrest and assaulting an officer. Jiang was additionally charged with hindering apprehension of a known felon for allegedly assisting Sohom Sac in his attempt to evade authorities. All four aliens were taken into custody by the Victoria County Sheriff’s Office and were booked into the Victoria County Jail. ICE lodged immigration detainers on all four aliens with the jail.

“This is another example of the extraordinary work being done across the country by the brave men and women in law enforcement to locate and apprehend dangerous criminal aliens, transnational gang members, and foreign fugitives who are in this country illegally and endangering the lives of law-abiding residents,” said ICE Homeland Security Investigations Houston Special Agent in Charge Chad Plantz. “Despite all of the false and misleading rumors out there, they still come in to work every day and selflessly put their lives on the line to protect their local communities from danger and ensure that families, like that of the young father who was tragically killed as a result of one of these alien’s alleged actions, have an opportunity for justice.”

Sac-Tambriz illegally entered the U.S. Oct. 13, 2018, and was immediately apprehended by the U.S. Border Patrol. He was transferred into ICE custody, processed as an expedited removal and removed to Guatemala Oct. 25, 2018. He illegally re-entered the U.S. on an unknown date and at an unknown location and wasn’t encountered by U.S. immigration officials again until March 10.

To learn more about ICE’s mission to combat transnational crime in Southeast Texas follow us on X at @HSIHouston.

Updated: 06/13/2025
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March 27, 2025Huntsville, AL, United StatesEnforcement and Removal

ICE, law enforcement partners arrest 13 illegal criminal alien offenders during Huntsville enforcement operation

HUNSTVILLE, Ala. — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement along with law enforcement partners from the FBI, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the Drug Enforcement Administration engaged in an enhanced, targeted enforcement operation that focused on criminal illegal aliens. The team of officers and agents apprehended 13 illegal aliens in the Huntsville area March 25. Additionally, eight of the offenders had been previously removed from the United States and have federal convictions for illegal reentry after removal. The cases were prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Alabama.

Charges from those arrested include:

Domestic violence
Narcotics trafficking
Property crime
Driving while intoxicated

ICE is focused on smart, effective immigration enforcement that protects the U.S. homeland through the arrest and removal of those individuals who compromise the safety of our communities and the integrity of our immigration laws.

Entering the United States without authorization is a violation of federal law, and those who do so may be subject to administrative arrest, and in some cases, criminal prosecution.

Members of the public can report crimes and suspicious activity by dialing 866-DHS-2-ICE (866-347-2423) or completing the online tip form.

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Updated: 06/13/2025
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March 18, 2025Charlotte, NC, United StatesEnforcement and Removal

ICE, law enforcement partners arrest 24 illegal criminal alien offenders during Charlotte enforcement operation

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, along with law enforcement partners from the FBI, U.S. Marshals Service, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, apprehended 24 illegal aliens in Charlotte during an enhanced targeted enforcement operation which ran March 1 to 8.

Charges from those arrested included:

13 aggravated felonies or other violent offenses.
Three illegal firearms or weapons offenses.
Two MS-13 gang member affiliation cases.
One assault on a federal officer.
Five property crimes.
11 DWI charges.

Of these criminal aliens, six had active immigration detainers which the Charlotte Mecklenburg Sheriff's Office had not honored. There are 18 additional targeted aliens still at large who also had detainers that were not honored. ICE has been unable to locate those individuals, and they remain at large and pose a potential danger to the community. These aliens could have been safely and efficiently transferred into ICE custody if their detainers had been honored.

ICE is focused on smart, effective immigration enforcement that protects the U.S. homeland through the arrest and removal of those individuals who compromise the safety of our communities and the integrity of our immigration laws.

Entering the United States without authorization is a violation of federal law, and those who do so may be subject to administrative arrest and, in some cases, criminal prosecution.

Members of the public can report crimes and suspicious activity by dialing 866-DHS-2-ICE (866-347-2423) or completing the online tip form.

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Updated: 06/13/2025
May 5, 2025Los Angeles, CA, United StatesDocument and Benefit Fraud

ICE, law enforcement partners arrest 8 illegal aliens, 1 American during large-scale EBT benefit fraud operation

LOS ANGELES — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, in coordination with the U.S. Secret Service and other federal, state and local partners, carried out a large-scale enforcement and interdiction operation targeting high-traffic ATM locations known for rampant fraudulent electronic benefit transfer card activity May 1 and 2.

“This operation underscores ICE Homeland Security Investigations’ unwavering commitment — alongside our law enforcement partners — to defend public assistance programs from exploitation,” said ICE HSI Los Angeles acting Special Agent in Charge John Pasciucco. “This kind of fraud doesn’t just target government systems — it robs struggling families, children and seniors of the essential resources they rely on to survive. We will not stand by while criminals prey on the most vulnerable members of our communities.”

ICE HSI’s El Camino Real Task Force, which includes special agents with ICE HSI and the U.S. Secret Service, as well as officers with the Los Angeles Police Department, is conducting the investigations in this matter.

Criminals, many from Romania, have historically targeted EBT cash fund allocations to victim accounts at the beginning of each month to maximize withdrawal amounts. These individuals employ deceptive means and methods of skimming card information before ultimately reloading the stolen information onto magnetic card strips for later use.

This operation yielded nine arrests, including eight Romanian illegal aliens, one Mexican illegal alien, and one U.S. citizen. Special agents seized approximately 100 fraudulent cards and arrested the nine subjects for violations of 18 U.S.C. 1029. Following completion of their criminal judicial process, the eight illegal aliens will be transferred to ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations custody pending removal proceedings.

Recent enforcement operations in February, March and April 2025 resulted in the federal arrest of 32 suspects, including 27 foreign nationals. These enforcement operations have involved strong partnerships between ICE, the U.S. Secret Service, and several state and local law enforcement agencies.

“ICE HSI prioritizes identity and benefit fraud crimes that originate outside the United States through our Document and Benefit Fraud Task Forces,” said Pasciucco. “Criminals who exploit government programs and steal from the American people will be aggressively pursued. We are dismantling the criminal organizations behind these schemes and making it clear: Fraud will not go unanswered.”

If you suspect someone may be involved in or a victim of human trafficking, contact local law enforcement, dial 911 or call the ICE Tip Line at 866-DHS-2-ICE.

Updated: 05/05/2025
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March 11, 2025Charlotte, NC, United StatesEnforcement and Removal

ICE, law enforcement partners arrest criminal aliens during multi-agency operation in Charlotte area

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, along with Norfolk Southern Railroad Federal Police, the U.S. Marshals Service and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, arrested five illegal aliens during a targeted enforcement operation in the Charlotte area, Feb. 6, 2025.

The multi-agency operation’s goal was to increase the safety of freight trains and their crews traveling through Charlotte, due to increased reporting of gang affiliated aliens on the rail tracks, threatening citizens and employees of the railway, selling narcotics, trespassing, and other criminal activity.

All the illegal aliens were arrested on administrative charges, and are in ICE custody pending removal.

ICE is focused on public safety and national security threats. Individuals illegally present in the United States who are encountered during an enforcement operation may be taken into custody and processed for removal as stated by law.

Members of the public with information can report crimes or suspicious activity by dialing the ICE Tip Line at 866-DHS-2-ICE (866-347-2423) or completing the online tip form.

Learn more about ICE’s mission to increase public safety in Charlotte on X at @HSICharlotte and @EROAtlanta.

Updated: 08/15/2025
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April 7, 2025Alexandria, VA, United StatesEnforcement and Removal

ICE, law enforcement partners arrest MS-13 gang member in Virginia, wanted in El Salvador for extortion, blackmail, terrorist affiliation

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, working with law enforcement partners from the Federal Bureau of Investigations, Drug Enforcement Administration and Virginia State Police, apprehended an illegal Salvadoran national and documented member of the notorious MS-13 street gang wanted in El Salvador for extortion, blackmail and terrorist affiliation. Officers from ICE Washington, D.C.; agents from FBI Washington, D.C.; DEA Washington, D.C. and officials from VSP arrested Silvia Lorena Bonilla-De Jandres, 40, in Alexandria, Feb. 25.

“Silvia Lorena Bonilla-De Jandres is not only the member of a transnational criminal enterprise known for violence, she has also apparently attempted to flee justice in her home country and hide out in Northern Virginia,” said ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Washington, D.C. Field Office Director Russ Hott. “We will not allow our Washington, D.C. and Virginia communities to become safe havens for the world’s bad actors. ICE Washington, D.C. remains dedicated to our mission of prioritizing public safety and protecting our residents by arresting and removing illegal alien offenders.”

U.S. Border Patrol arrested Bonilla after she illegally entered the United States, Feb. 21, 2016, near Rio Grande Valley, Texas. USBP placed Bonilla into removal proceedings. Authorities in El Salvador issued a warrant for Bonilla’s arrest, Aug. 28, 2017, charging her with aggravated extortion, blackmail and terrorist affiliation due to her documented MS-13 membership. Interpol issued a red notice for Bonilla, Nov. 24, 2017.

On July 11, 2024, a Department of Justice immigration judge ordered Bonilla removed from the United States to El Salvador.

Members of the public can report crimes and suspicious activity by dialing 866-DHS-2-ICE (866-347-2423) or completing the online tip form.

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Updated: 06/13/2025
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September 22, 2025Houston, TX, United StatesLaw Enforcement

ICE, law enforcement partners searching for 2 illegal aliens who escaped after choking Border Patrol agent

HOUSTON — Authorities are searching for Juan Carmen Padron Mendez, 29, and Juan Carlos Padron Barron, 23, both illegal aliens from Mexico, who escaped from custody Sept. 22 in Conroe, Texas, after one of them was able to get out of their restraints and choked a female Border Patrol agent who was transferring them to the Montgomery Processing Center.

“It is sickening that another law enforcement officer has been needlessly harmed as a direct result of the continued demonization of legitimate law enforcement activities by political leaders and certain members of the media,” said ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations acting Field Office Director Gabriel Martinez. “Every time they label the brave men and women who work for ICE, CBP, or Border Patrol as Nazis or bounty hunters, they might as well paint a bright target on their backs because attacks like this are inevitable and will continue to occur.”

Both aliens were arrested during an ICE-led multi-agency enforcement operation targeting violent criminal aliens and egregious immigration offenders near Spring, Texas. The operations are part of the current administration’s focus on restoring public safety by targeting the “worst of the worst” illegal aliens and have resulted in historic numbers of transnational gang members and dangerous child predators being removed from local communities throughout Southeast Texas.

Padron Barron has illegally entered the U.S. at least three times and was previously expelled on Dec. 13, 2022, and Jan. 1, 2023. This is the first time that U.S. immigration officials have encountered Padron Mendez.

ICE is asking anyone with information on the potential whereabouts of either of these illegal aliens to call the ICE Tip Line at 866-347-2423 or internationally at 001-1802-872-6199. They can also file a tip online by completing ICE’s online tip form.

For the latest news and information on ICE operations in Southeast Texas follow us on X, formerly known as Twitter, at @EROHouston.

Updated: 09/23/2025
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May 9, 2026Palm Beach County, FL, United StatesTransnational Gangs

ICE leads multiagency operation resulting in arrest of MS-13 member in Florida

PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. — On April 14, ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations, in coordination with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office and the Florida Highway Patrol, conducted an operation resulting in the arrest of Luis Merary Peralta-Sevilla, a criminal illegal alien from Honduras who entered the U.S. illegally in 2013. Peralta-Sevilla is a confirmed MS-13 gang member residing in Palm Beach County.

“The Florida Highway Patrol arrested Peralta-Sevilla during a coordinated vehicle stop, and ICE took him into custody without incident,” said ICE Director Todd M. Lyons. “He is a member of MS-13, a designated foreign terrorist organization, and he’s currently pending removal proceedings with a Department of Justice immigration judge. He’ll stay in our custody pending the outcome of those proceedings.”

Florida police seized Peralta-Sevilla’s vehicle due to violations related to driving without a valid license.

Peralta-Sevilla first illegally entered the U.S. in July 2013. U.S. Border Patrol agents encountered him in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley, where he admitted to being a citizen and national of Honduras and acknowledged that he was illegally present in the U.S. A Department of Justice immigration judge granted him bond and he remained in the U.S. pending removal proceedings. His next scheduled immigration court hearing was scheduled for April 2027.

He is currently in the Palm Bach County Jail pending transfer to ICE custody for removal proceedings.

ICE continues to conduct routine daily immigration enforcement around the country as part of the agency’s effort to arrest criminal aliens and other immigration violators with no legal basis to remain in the United States.

You can report crimes and suspicious activity by dialing 866-DHS-2-ICE (866-347-2423) or completing the online tip form.

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Updated: 05/11/2026
October 15, 2025Mobile, AL, United StatesChild Exploitation, Human Smuggling/Trafficking

ICE leads rescue of abducted child, international fugitive in Mexico

MOBILE, Ala. — ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations, in partnership with U.S. and Mexican authorities, successfully rescued a three-year-old child abducted from Alabama and apprehended Haley Harris, who unlawfully kidnapped the child and fled across international borders to Mexico in a blatant attempt to evade justice.

During the investigation, agents uncovered disturbing details about Harris’s actions while in possession of the child. It was discovered that Harris contacted her boyfriend, Pedro Pedraza-Trejo, who is an illegal alien with pending charges for child molestation in the 1st and 2nd degree and rape of a child in the 2nd and 3rd degree in Washington State, approximately 193 times in the span of just a few days. The fact that Harris maintained repeated contact with Pedraza-Trejo, a man convicted of such vile crimes, while illegally holding her child, underscores the gravity of her actions and the danger she posed to the child’s safety.

Through coordinated efforts involving HSI Mobile, HSI Mexico City, the Department of State, the FBI, the U.S. Marshals Service, the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office, the Orange Beach Police Department and Mexico’s National Institute of Migration, Harris was located, arrested and extradited to the United States on Sept. 28. She was subsequently arrested by HSI Mobile and the U.S. Marshals Service.

“HSI remains steadfast in its commitment to protecting vulnerable children and ensuring that those who exploit or endanger them are brought to justice,” said Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations in Georgia and Alabama Steven N. Schrank. “This case highlights the power of collaboration between U.S. and international law enforcement agencies. Thanks to the swift and decisive actions of our dedicated agents and partners, a child has been safely reunited with her family, and the individual responsible will face the consequences of her actions.”

The child was flown back to the U.S. on Oct. 4, arriving at Atlanta International Airport, where she was reunited with her father. Harris faces federal charges for international parental kidnapping. The investigation remains ongoing.

Updated: 10/15/2025
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February 24, 2026Washington, DC, United StatesOrganized Crime

ICE-led investigation leads to prison time for MS-13 ringleaders in North Carolina

Operation Carolina Reaper put the two Salvadoran men behind bars for a combined 50 years

WASHINGTON — An ICE Homeland Security Investigations Charlotte-led investigation led to a 30-year prison sentence for Fredy Mauricio Buruca and a 20-year prison sentence for Santos Guillermo Ramiraz Mancia, two MS-13 gang leaders convicted of RICO conspiracy. Both men are currently in federal custody.

“This HSI-led investigation revealed that Buruca and Mancia were leaders of the Hollywood Locos Salvatrucha clique, which operated in North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Washington, D.C. and elsewhere,” said ICE Deputy Director Charles Wall. “Both men were prosecuted for RICO conspiracy and Buruca was also prosecuted for kidnapping a child. We will continue to dismantle this violent foreign terrorist organization and hold these dangerous MS-13 gang members accountable for what they’ve done.”

The investigation identified more than 50 MS-13 members and their associates, many of whom were linked to murder, kidnapping, drug dealing, armed robbery, sexual assault and distribution of child sexual abuse material. The FBI, North Carolina’s Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department, Maryland’s Anne Arundel County Police Department and other partners collaborated on the investigation.

Read more on Justice.gov.

You can report crimes and suspicious activity by dialing 866-DHS-2-ICE (866-347-2423) or completing the online tip form.

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Updated: 02/24/2026