Justice Dep't Lawyer Placed On Leave Following Wrongful Deportation Of Maryland Dad: Reports Justice Dep't Lawyer Placed On Leave Following Wrongful Deportation Of Maryland Dad: Reports Justice Dep't Lawyer Placed On Leave Following Wrongful Deportation Of Maryland Dad: Reports
Justice Dep't Lawyer Placed On Leave Following Wrongful Deportation Of Maryland Dad: Reports Erez Reuveni, the US Justice Department attorney who admitted that last month's deportation of a protected citizen and Maryland resident never should have happened has been placed on leave, according to multiple reports. GoFundMe photo District Judge Paula Xinis ruled during a hearing in Greenbelt, MD, that Kilmar Abrego Garcia must be returned from El Salvador to the United States by Monday, April 7, according to CBS News. Reuveni, meanwhile, argued he was not given sufficient information by the DOJ and reportedly failed to answer Xinis' questions. Abrego Garcia had been granted wit…
Convicted Attempted Killer Caught In Maryland, Faces Deportation To Guatemala: ICE Convicted Attempted Killer Caught In Maryland, Faces Deportation To Guatemala: ICE Convicted Attempted Killer Caught In Maryland, Faces Deportation To Guatemala: ICE
Convicted Attempted Killer Caught In Maryland, Faces Deportation To Guatemala: ICE A convicted attempted murderer is back in custody—this time with a one-way ticket out of the country, according to federal officials. Edvin Giovanni Ceron-Reyes, 37, was taken into custody by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Maryland on Monday, March 31, after he completed a prison sentence for a brutal 2011 crime in Howard County, ICE announced. Ceron-Reyes, a citizen of Guatemala, entered the United States unlawfully at an unknown location and date. On July 7, 2011, Howard County Police arrested him and charged him with attempted first-degree murder.  That same day, I…
'Disturbing' Videos Involving Children Found In Leesburg Man's Possession, Judge Says 'Disturbing' Videos Involving Children Found In Leesburg Man's Possession, Judge Says 'Disturbing' Videos Involving Children Found In Leesburg Man's Possession, Judge Says
'Disturbing' Videos Involving Children Found In Leesburg Man's Possession, Judge Says A Leesburg man convicted of possessing child pornography has been sentenced to five years behind bars — with a lifetime requirement to register as a sex offender, Loudoun County prosecutors announced. Henri Bladimir Benitez Ramirez, 28, was sentenced in Loudoun County Circuit Court on February 20 to five years in the Virginia Department of Corrections after being found guilty of multiple possession of child pornography offenses. The Leesburg Police Department began investigating Benitez Ramirez in the summer of 2023 after receiving a cyber tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploi…
Maryland Dad Deported By 'Mistake' To El Salvador Mega-Prison, Despite Court Order Maryland Dad Deported By 'Mistake' To El Salvador Mega-Prison, Despite Court Order Maryland Dad Deported By 'Mistake' To El Salvador Mega-Prison, Despite Court Order
Maryland Dad Deported By 'Mistake' To El Salvador Mega-Prison, Despite Court Order Top officials in the Trump administration admitted to mistakenly deporting a Maryland father to an El Salvadoran mega-prison—despite a court order blocking his removal. Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national who lived in Maryland with his wife and 5-year-old child, was taken into ICE custody in March and deported just days later, federal officials said in a new court filing on Monday, March 31. His family says he should never have been removed in the first place. Abrego Garcia had previously been granted withholding of removal by an immigration judge back in 2019—meaning the g…
Hunterdon Dad Seized By ICE Was Filing Routine Paperwork, Says Family Fighting To Get Him Back Hunterdon Dad Seized By ICE Was Filing Routine Paperwork, Says Family Fighting To Get Him Back Hunterdon Dad Seized By ICE Was Filing Routine Paperwork, Says Family Fighting To Get Him Back
Hunterdon Dad Seized By ICE Was Filing Routine Paperwork, Says Family Fighting To Get Him Back Karim Daoud showed up at a Newark immigration office earlier this month expecting just another day of routine paperwork. Instead, he never came home. The Hunterdon County dad, a popular pickleball instructor, restaurant server, and father of two, was taken into custody by ICE on Wednesday, March 12, during what was supposed to be a standard appointment to renew his work authorization, family friend Rachel Mascitelli said. Officials at the office told Daoud that there had been a mistake. They sent him to ICE, where he was apprehended and told he was being deported. And that’s all they …
Tufts Student Arrested By Agents In Somerville, Moved To Louisiana Detention Center: Report Tufts Student Arrested By Agents In Somerville, Moved To Louisiana Detention Center: Report Tufts Student Arrested By Agents In Somerville, Moved To Louisiana Detention Center: Report
Tufts Student Arrested By Agents In Somerville, Moved To Louisiana Detention Center: Report A Tufts University student who was arrested by federal agents in Massachusetts last week was later located in a detention center more than 1,500 miles away in Louisiana, CNN reported. Rumeysa Ozturk, 30, was walking to meet friends for dinner after breaking her Ramadan fast on Tuesday, March 25, in Somerville, Massachusetts, when six plainclothes officers approached her and took her into custody. Officers hid their faces with cloth coverings and masks before putting her in handcuffs and into the back of an unmarked police car.  The incident was recorded on surveillance video and circul…
Chinese Spy Arrested In Newark: ICE Chinese Spy Arrested In Newark: ICE Chinese Spy Arrested In Newark: ICE
Chinese Spy Arrested In Newark: ICE A man who had been living in the United States for almost 25 years was arrested by ICE on Monday, March 24, on charges he was a Chinese spy, authorities said. Ming Xi Zhang was apprehended in Newark by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement after he was sentenced to three years of probation last year for unlawfully acting as an agent of a foreign government, authorities said. “Any illegal alien conducting activities related to espionage, sabotage or export control against the United States is subject to deportation,” ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Newark Field Office Director John Tso…
Released Murder Suspect With Gang Ties Re-Arrested By ICE In Maryland Released Murder Suspect With Gang Ties Re-Arrested By ICE In Maryland Released Murder Suspect With Gang Ties Re-Arrested By ICE In Maryland
Released Murder Suspect With Gang Ties Re-Arrested By ICE In Maryland ​A known Venezuelan gang member accused of murder in Maryland was released from custody despite an active immigration detainer and now faces deportation, authorities said.​ Wilmer Antonio Echenique-Navarro, 22, of Capitol Heights, was arrested in April 2024, for the fatal shooting of 40-year-old Derek Coleman in Takoma Park.  Despite an active detainer from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), he was released from Prince George’s County Department of Corrections custody, according to an ICE statement.​ Wilmer Echenique-Navarro ERO Baltimore On Tuesday, March 18, ICE’s…
Convicted Child Rapist, Gang Members Arrested In Virginia After Illegally Reentering US: DOJ Convicted Child Rapist, Gang Members Arrested In Virginia After Illegally Reentering US: DOJ Convicted Child Rapist, Gang Members Arrested In Virginia After Illegally Reentering US: DOJ
Convicted Child Rapist, Gang Members Arrested In Virginia After Illegally Reentering US: DOJ A convicted child rapist, gang members, and repeat violent offenders are among six men facing charges in Virginia after being arrested for illegally reentering the US following multiple deportations, federal officials announced. Erik Siebert, US Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, said the men—who hail from Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Mexico—had been previously removed from the country, only to return and commit new crimes, including violent assaults, stabbings, and child abuse. Among them is Carlos Alberto Sosa Horellana, a Honduran national convicted of raping a child…
ICE Detains Georgetown Doctoral Student In Arlington For Alleged Hamas Ties: Feds ICE Detains Georgetown Doctoral Student In Arlington For Alleged Hamas Ties: Feds ICE Detains Georgetown Doctoral Student In Arlington For Alleged Hamas Ties: Feds
ICE Detains Georgetown Doctoral Student In Arlington For Alleged Hamas Ties: Feds Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has detained Badar Khan Suri, a Georgetown University academic, citing alleged ties to Hamas and the promotion of antisemitic propaganda, federal officials confirmed. The news was first reported by Politico and later confirmed by Tricia McLaughlin, Assistant Secretary at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Suri's lawyer filed a suit fighting for his release, obtained by Politico. He was reportedly arrested by masked DHS agents Monday night, March 17, saying his visa had been revoked. “Suri was a foreign exchange student at Georgetown Uni…
$50K Bitcoin Scam Gets Two Men Detained By ICE For Deportation: Lebanon DA $50K Bitcoin Scam Gets Two Men Detained By ICE For Deportation: Lebanon DA $50K Bitcoin Scam Gets Two Men Detained By ICE For Deportation: Lebanon DA
$50K Bitcoin Scam Gets Two Men Detained By ICE For Deportation: Lebanon DA Two men convicted in a $50,000 Bitcoin scam in Lebanon County have been detained by federal authorities for deportation, officials announced. Digvijaysinh Chauhan, 23, and Hemal Patel, 26, were sentenced for felony theft and conspiracy charges on Tuesday, March 12, 2025, before the Lebanon County Court of Common Pleas, according to the district attorney’s office. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) immediately took them into custody for deportation proceedings. The scam began in January 2024 when victims received fraudulent messages claiming their bank accounts had been hacked, authori…
ICE Seizes Nicaraguan Killer In Maryland Who Aided Drug Cartel ICE Seizes Nicaraguan Killer In Maryland Who Aided Drug Cartel ICE Seizes Nicaraguan Killer In Maryland Who Aided Drug Cartel
ICE Seizes Nicaraguan Killer In Maryland Who Aided Drug Cartel A Nicaraguan man with a violent past made a grisly admission during immigration proceedings in Maryland, according to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).  Federal officials took 56-year-old Javier Zeledon Reyes into custody in Hyattsville on March 6, after he revealed details of his past crimes that included slaughtering nearly two dozen people in the 1990s while he was serving in the Nicaraguan military and later aided a Mexican drug cartel. “This arrest highlights exactly why ICE is vital to the safety of our nation,” said Matthew Elliston, acting field office dir…