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Tren De Aragua Gang Members Wanted for Murder in North Texas Arrested

DALLAS — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Enforcement and Removal Operations and HSI arrested three Tren de Aragua gang members wanted for the alleged murder of 33-year-old Nilzuly Enrique Arneaud-Petit.

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Former Texas Police Detective Sentenced for Operating Smuggling Stash House

DEL RIO, Texas — A former police detective for the Eagle Pass Police Department was sentenced to 10 years in prison for her role in a conspiracy to harbor undocumented noncitizens for a human smuggling organization.

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Canadian on HSI’s Most Wanted List Extradited and Convicted of Drug Trafficking Charges Following HSI Detroit Investigation

DETROIT — A federal jury returned guilty verdicts on all charges in the trial of Khaophone Sychantha, announced HSI Detroit Special Agent in Charge Angie M. Salazar. The conviction concluded a six-day trial held in Detroit before Chief U.S. District Judge Sean F. Cox.

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10 Indicted Following HSI investigation Into Massachusetts-Based Drug Trafficking Organization

CONCORD, N.H. — Ten defendants have been indicted in connection with a Methuen- and Lawrence-based organization trafficking narcotics to New Hampshire.

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HSI Baltimore Investigation Leads to Charges for 3 Maryland Residents Who Allegedly Led an International Organized Theft Ring

GREENBELT, Md. — An investigation conducted by HSI Baltimore and law enforcement partners led to federal charges for three Maryland residents for conspiracy to commit interstate transportation of stolen goods.

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Ex-Mexican Secretary of Public Security Genaro Garcia Luna Sentenced to Over 38 Years in Prison

NEW YORK — Genaro Garcia Luna, the 56-year-old former secretary of public security in Mexico, was sentenced Oct. 16 to 460 months of imprisonment and a $2 million fine for his decadelong assistance to the Sinaloa Cartel in exchange for millions of dollars in bribes.

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Canadian Citizen Sentenced to Over 10 Years in Prison After HSI Investigation

LOS ANGELES — A Canadian national was sentenced to 10 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiring to export more than 150 kilograms of methamphetamine from the United States to Australia through Los Angeles and Long Beach.

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MS-13 Gang Members Charged in Superseding Indictment for Crimes of Deadly Violence Following HSI New York, Multiagency Investigation

NEW YORK — An HSI New York investigation, conducted in coordination with several law enforcement partners, resulted in a 17-count superseding indictment charging seven members of MS-13 with racketeering and firearms offenses.

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“Six Block” Gang Member Faces Life in Prison for Armed Drug Trafficking

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A Florida man and known street gang member has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute 100 kilograms or more of marijuana and possession of a firearm following a joint HSI investigation.

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HSI New York Investigation Leads to Repatriation of 4 Antique Sabers to People of Ukraine

NEW YORK — HSI New York SAC William S. Walker joined DHS Under Secretary for Policy Robert Silvers and Ukraine’s Minister of Culture and Strategic Communications Mykola Tochytskyi in repatriating four antique sabers to the Government of Ukraine.