HSI Baltimore Investigation Leads to Guilty Plea for 20-Year Fugitive for Conspiring To Export Defense Equipment to Iran
Defendant evaded prosecution for 20 years - until his 2023 arrest in Rome.
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Defendant evaded prosecution for 20 years - until his 2023 arrest in Rome.
PHOENIX, Ariz. — Francisco “Frank” B. Burrola was recently selected as the special agent in charge (SAC) of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Arizona.
ORLANDO, Fla. — An HSI Orlando investigation led to a guilty plea for possession with the intent to distribute 5 kilograms or more of cocaine.
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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A Texas man has been convicted of distributing child pornography following an investigation by HSI Corpus Christi and the Corpus Christi Police Department’s Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.
DEL RIO, Texas — A Fort Worth woman was sentenced in federal court to over 24 years in prison for her role in a conspiracy to import methamphetamine into the United States following an investigation conducted by HSI with assistance from HSI Dallas and U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
NORFOLK, Va. — An investigation conducted by HSI Norfolk, the FBI’s Norfolk field office, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service’s Washington division, the Virginia State Police and the Virginia Beach Police Department landed a Virginia Beach man in federal prison for 30 years for leading a multiyear, multistate methamphetamine distribution conspiracy.
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Two brothers have been sentenced to 35 years in federal prison for their roles in a drug trafficking organization that manufactured and distributed tens of thousands of fentanyl-laced pills disguised as legitimate pharmaceutical-grade pain medications.
HOUSTON — A nonimmigrant visa holder with ties to the extremist who attacked Naval Air Station Corpus Christi in May 2020 and who also discussed the possibility of traveling outside the United States to participate in jihad was sentenced Feb. 1 to more than six years in federal prison for firearms offenses.
PHOENIX — On Jan. 18, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents and Arizona Department of Public Safety troopers seized approximately 459 pounds of methamphetamine, 148 pounds of fentanyl pills, and 2.55 pounds of cocaine in three separate traffic stops. Authorities arrested six suspects on felony drug-related charges — all within one hour of activity.