ICE's Top 5 for the week of March 10

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ICE arrests Brazilian national wanted to face armed robbery charges

A Brazilian national wanted for armed robbery in his home country was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers. 

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2 Phoenix-area brothers arrested following probe targeting Mexican meth smuggling scheme

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Two brothers were arrested following a joint probe by ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) that led to the seizure of nearly 200 pounds of methamphetamine that had been smuggled in from Mexico. Full Story

Los Angeles-area man arrested on federal charges of producing child pornography after allegedly enticing boy to take explicit pictures

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Francisco Javier Soledad, 24, a resident of the Riverside County city of Eastvale, was arrested by special agents with ICE HSI on charges of producing child pornography after allegedly using Snapchat to contact a 13-year-old boy in Illinois and enticing him to send a sexually explicit video.

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3 Mexican nationals who harbored teen and forced her to work to pay off smuggling debts sentenced to prison

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Three Mexican nationals from northwestern Washington were sentenced to multiyear prison terms in federal court for violating immigration laws by harboring a teenager and forcing her to work to pay off her smuggling fees. The charges resulted from an extensive investigation by ICE HSI and the Seattle, Aberdeen and Federal Way police departments. Full Story

ZTE Corporation agrees to plead guilty in North Texas and pay more than $430.4 million for violating US sanctions by sending US-origin items to Iran

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ZTE Corporation has agreed to enter a guilty plea and pay a $430,488,798 penalty to the U.S. for conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). The plea agreement ends a five-year joint investigation into ZTE’s export practices, which was handled by the DOJ’s National Security Division, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas, the FBI, the BIS and ICE HSI. Full Story

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