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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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HSI repatriates rare 15th century Columbus letter to Italy
ICE Deputy Director and Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Director Patrick J. Lechleitner traveled to Rome to repatriate an original edition of a stolen 15th century Columbus letter to Italian officials on July 19. HSI has collaborated with international partners and subject matter experts since September 2011 on this multifaceted international investigation. 🔗Keep reading
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ERO Washington, D.C. removes Salvadoran national wanted for aggravated homicide
ERO Washington, D.C. removed an undocumented Salvadoran national from the United States to El Salvador on July 14. He was wanted by authorities in his home country for deprivation of liberty and aggravated homicide. ERO Washington, D.C.’s Special Response Team arrested him in Richmond, Virginia, on May 18. 🔗Keep reading
HSI New Orleans launches multistate Organized Retail Crime Alliance
HSI New Orleans announced a new multistate collaboration on July 19 to combat organized theft groups by targeting domestic and transnational criminal organizations that profit from organized retail crime. The alliance connects federal, state and local law enforcement officials with prosecutors and financial and retail industry partners from Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas and Alabama. 🔗Keep reading
ERO Boston removes fugitive wanted for passport fraud, theft in Ireland
ERO Boston removed an unlawfully present Irish citizen identified as a member of a transnational criminal organization wanted for passport fraud, theft and multiple motor vehicle offenses in the Republic of Ireland. 🔗Keep reading
HSI San Diego, multiagency case results in 15-year sentence of man for organizing smuggling event that resulted in 13 deaths
A federal judge sentenced the coordinator of a fatal smuggling event near Calexico, California, to 15 years following an investigation by HSI, the U.S. Border Patrol, the California Highway Patrol and the Imperial County Sheriff’s Office. Thirteen undocumented migrants were killed when the vehicle they were concealed in collided with a semi-tractor trailer. 🔗Keep reading
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