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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.
HSI Atlanta investigation leads to conviction for human rights violator
A federal jury in Georgia convicted Mezemr Abebe Belayneh for obtaining citizenship after lying about his role in persecuting Ethiopian teenagers for their political opinions. Belayneh served as an interrogator during the country's "Red Terror" when he directed or participated in beatings and forced prisoners to fight each other for the guards' amusement. 🔗Keep reading
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ICE conducts single adult, family unit removal flights Aug. 2
ICE, the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Customs and Border Protection facilitated multiple removal flights to Central America that included single adults and family units on Aug. 2. 🔗Keep reading
Texas man sentenced to prison for trying to smuggle 10,498 rounds of ammo to Mexico
An HSI investigation led to a four-year sentence for Hugo Medina, a Texan convicted of trying to smuggle ammunition through Del Rio, Texas, into Mexico. 🔗Keep reading
ERO New York City removes foreign fugitive wanted for rape of a minor in Ecuador
Officials with ERO New York City removed Jorge Enrique Mogrovejo, an unlawfully present noncitizen who overstayed a visa in the United States. Ecuadorian officials want him to answer for the rape of a minor. 🔗Keep reading
Colombian national sentenced for running prison-based fentanyl enterprise
An HSI St. Paul investigation led to a 27-year prison sentence for Daniel Vivas Ceron, who ran a profitable fentanyl enterprise from inside a Canadian prison. Ceron and his co-defendant, Jason Berry, arranged for shipments of the drug from China to Canada and the United States, which authorities say led to fatal overdoses in North Dakota, Oregon, New Jersey and North Carolina. 🔗Keep reading
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