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Washington Post
28-07-2025
- Washington Post
2 customs officers plead guilty to allowing drugs to enter the US through their inspection lanes
SAN DIEGO — Two Customs and Border Protection officers pleaded guilty this month to allowing vehicles filled with illegal drugs to enter the U.S. from Mexico, federal prosecutors said Monday. The pair texted 'a secret emoji-based code' to let Mexican traffickers know which inspection lanes they were manning at the Tecate and Otay Mesa border crossings, the U.S. Attorney's Office said in a statement. Prosecutors said when the drug-laden vehicles arrived, the officers would wave them through.
Forbes
26-06-2025
- Politics
- Forbes
What We Know About Kilmar Abrego Garcia Case As Prosecutors Seek His Deportation
Federal prosecutors are looking to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia after he is released from a Tennessee jail ahead of his trial on human smuggling charges, according to multiple outlets, opposing his attorneys' attempt to return him to Maryland, where he lived with his wife and children. Katheryn Millwee holds a portrait of Kilmar Abrego Garcia outside the federal courthouse Wednesday, ... More June 25, 2025, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV) Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved Prosecutors with the Trump administration told a judge Thursday the administration is seeking to deport Abrego Garcia to a country other than El Salvador, where he was initially deported to in March over an 'administrative error,' the Associated Press reported. A Nashville, Tennessee-based federal judge who ordered Abrego Garcia's release Wednesday chose to keep Abrego Garcia in jail a few days longer over concerns he would be quickly deported upon release. This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
Yahoo
13-06-2025
- Yahoo
Immigrant with multiple deportations indicted in Chicago for unlawful re-entry: prosecutors
The Brief Salvador Guerrero-Lopez, 42, was indicted in Chicago for unlawfully re-entering the U.S. after being deported three times. He has prior convictions for unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor and narcotics distribution, and was arrested May 30 in Island Lake, Illinois. He faces up to 20 years in federal prison and possible deportation; arraignment has not yet been scheduled. CHICAGO - An undocumented immigrant who was previously deported three times after serious criminal convictions has been indicted in Chicago for unlawfully re-entering the United States, federal prosecutors said. What we know Salvador Guerrero-Lopez, 42, was charged Monday in a federal indictment with one count of unlawful re-entry after removal, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Chicago. Guerrero-Lopez, who had been living in Island Lake, was arrested May 30. Authorities said he had previously been deported to Mexico in 2004, 2011 and 2021 following criminal convictions for unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor in California and narcotics distribution in Arkansas. He was taken into custody after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations in Eagle Pass, Texas, requested assistance from Chicago law enforcement to locate and arrest him. Guerrero-Lopez was under investigation in Texas for suspected criminal activity, officials said. What's next If convicted, he faces up to 20 years in federal prison and a fine of up to $250,000. He could also be deported again. An arraignment date in federal court in Chicago has not been scheduled.
Washington Post
21-05-2025
- Politics
- Washington Post
Germany says it broke up a far-right group that planned attacks. 5 people have been arrested
BERLIN — German police arrested five people on Wednesday accused of involvement with a far-right group calling itself 'Last Defense Wave' that allegedly aimed to destabilize the country's democratic system by carrying out attacks on migrants and political opponents . The early-morning arrests in various parts of Germany were accompanied by searches at 13 properties, federal prosecutors said in a statement.
