Ohio man ordered deported for hiding his activities during the war in the...
Ilija Josipovic, 59, previously pleaded guilty to two counts of possession of immigration documents procured by fraud. U.S. District Judge Benita Pearson ordered Josipovic removed from the United...
View ArticleFormer Bosnian Serb military officer deported after immigration fraud conviction
Ilija Josipovic, 59, was removed to Bosnia via commercial airline under escort by deportation officers with ICE ERO without incident. In May, Josipovic pled guilty to two counts of possession of...
View ArticleMembers of central Ohio clique of MS-13 charged, arrested
A federal grand jury charged 10 individuals with conspiracy to commit extortion, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and use of a firearm during a crime of violence in an indictment returned July...
View ArticleICE special agents receive prestigious Ohio attorney general’s award
"This dedicated group of special agents are among the best and brightest at HSI and are very deserving of this honor," said Steve Francis, special agent in charge of HSI Detroit,...
View ArticleICE deports man wanted in Mexico for murder
Jorge Ochoa-Martinez 35, was transferred Nov. 14, to the custody of Mexican law enforcement officials by ERO officers at the Lincoln Juarez Port of Entry in Laredo, Texas. According to Mexican...
View Article4 more members and associates of MS-13 charged in ongoing central Ohio...
The 11-count superseding indictment alleges that defendants – members and associates of the MS-13 – conspired to commit extortion through the use of threatened or actual force,...
View ArticleICE HSI Columbus special agents featured in Showtime documentary series
“The Trade” is scheduled to premiere on Showtime at 9 PM EST, Friday, Feb 2. 2018.
View ArticleICE HSI special agent to appear in Showtime documentary
As the national spotlight on opioids continues to increase, education about the epidemic is essential.
View ArticleFentanyl package bound for Texas intercepted by Ohio task force
The seizure comes days after ICE and Ohio officials announced that HSI special agents had trained more than 300 law enforcement personnel in the state on dark net and virtual currency, which is...
View ArticleIFPCU, C3 partner to offer training to exploit Darknet marketplaces
The IFPCU and C3 provided dark web and cryptocurrency training to over 400 state and local law enforcement personnel located in Michigan and Ohio over the course of one week.
View ArticleICE executes federal criminal search warrants at Fresh Mark, 146 arrested on...
During the search warrant execution, authorities identified 146 Fresh Mark employees working at the Salem meat processor who were subject to arrest for immigration violations.
View Article2 Chinese nationals charged with operating global opioid conspiracy resulting...
Fujing Zheng, aka Gordon Jin, 35, and his father Guanghua Zheng, 62, both of whom reside in Shanghai, China, are charged with conspiracy to manufacture and distribute controlled substances, conspiracy...
View ArticlePriest charged with sexually abusing Filipino boys
Kenneth B. Hendricks, 77, of Cincinnati, was arrested by Manila-based HSI special agents alongside Filipino authorities Tuesday evening in the Philippines, where he currently serves as a...
View ArticleICE HSI offers assistance with victim identification related to former Boy...
Thomas Close is awaiting trial on charges of production of child pornography related to his alleged surreptitious recording of boys changing after swimming as part of Boy Scout activities. Close, 40,...
View ArticleGrand jury indicts 18 in Mexico-to-Ohio heroin, money laundering and...
According to the 16-count indictment, Diego Ernesto Castaneda-Garcia was allegedly the leader of a drug trafficking organization that received imported heroin from Mexico, repackaged it into user...
View ArticleMexican man previously deported 9 times faces drug charges
Luis Tapia, 27, was arrested at a Cincinnati residence Sept. 13. At the time of his arrest, Tapia attempted to escape from a second-floor window onto the roof. He eventually retreated into the house...
View ArticleCleveland man charged in federal court after allegedly shooting at ICE HSI...
Reuben Rankin, 34, was charged with one count of assault on a federal officer with a deadly weapon, one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm and one count of use of a firearm in relation...
View ArticleChild exploitation cases among highest investigative priority for ICE HSI...
ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Cleveland special agents and partner agencies brought charges against 47 accused child predators in 2019, as part of the agency's ongoing...
View Article29 criminal aliens released by Franklin County Sheriff's Office in recent weeks
The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office has released 29 criminal aliens and immigration violators since November 2019, despite written detainer requests filed with them by ICE.
View ArticleICE arrests Salvadoran MS-13 gang member accused of gang membership,...
Santos Ceferino Amaya-Cruz, 35, an active MS-13 gang member, has been removed from the U.S. on two prior occasions, most recently in 2017. He is the subject of an Interpol Red Notice.
View ArticleHSI aids in investigation of online sales of psychedelic mushrooms
The six defendants were charged by criminal complaint in April with attempting and conspiring to manufacture, distribute and dispense controlled substances using cryptocurrencies via the dark web. The...
View ArticleCleveland man convicted of shooting at Federal agents, sex trafficking of a...
Reuben Rankin, 36, of Cleveland, Ohio, was convicted of assaulting a federal agent with a deadly weapon, discharging a firearm during a crime of violence, sex trafficking of a minor, production of...
View ArticleERO Detroit arrests fugitive wanted for sexual abuse of a minor in Mexico
An arrest warrant was issued in the state of Michoacan, Mexico, on May 3, 2021, for Jose Trinidad Montes-Solorio, a citizen of Mexico, for sexual abuse of a minor.
View ArticleERO Detroit removes fugitive wanted for homicide in Mexico
Officials flew Omar Martinez-Suarez, a 39-year-old unlawfully present Mexican national, from the Toledo Express Airport to the Valley International Airport in Harlingen, Texas on March 7. On the same...
View ArticleERO Columbus removes noncitizen wanted for murder in the Bahamas
Monteze Leonard Rolle Jr., 21, was flown to the Bahamas and turned over to local authorities.
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