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Check out our weekly recap of top news from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement highlighting the work of Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). For more news from ICE, visit our newsroom.
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Federal agents, National Hellenic Museum conduct largest repatriation of ancient coins to Greece in recent HSI history
HSI Chicago, alongside distinguished representatives from Greece and the National Hellenic Museum, conducted a repatriation ceremony on June 16 to return to Greece the largest number of stolen ancient coins seized by U.S. law enforcement officials in recent HSI history. 🔗Keep reading
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DHS Senior Advisor Michael Camal makes top 6 list of Sammies People’s Choice candidates
DHS Blue Campaign and Blue Lightning Initiative Senior Adviser Michael Camal is one of six candidates for the 2023 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal (“Sammies”) People’s Choice Award for his work in training aviation personnel identify and report potential traffickers and victims. 🔗Keep reading
ERO Boston removes fugitive wanted for murder in Brazil
ERO Boston removed unlawfully present Brazilian citizen Jaconias Rosa Pereira, 51, to Brazil —where he was wanted for homicide — on June 23. Officials arrested him without incident on Dec. 28, 2022, in Worcester. 🔗Keep reading
HSI San Diego investigation results in 12-year sentence for Chula Vista man for attempted child sex traffickingÂ
A man who used social media to try to recruit someone he believed was a 16-year-old girl into prostitution was sentenced in federal court to 144 months in prison on June 14. 🔗Keep reading
ERO New York City removes foreign fugitive wanted in Ecuador for aggravated robbery
ERO New York City removed an unlawfully present Ecuadorian citizen from the United States to his home country June 22. Jorge Luis Guaraca Villa, 30, was flown from Alexandria, Louisiana, on a flight coordinated by ICE’s Air Operations Unit to Jose Joaquin de Olmedo International Airport in Guayaquil, Ecuador. 🔗Keep reading
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