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Monday, July 6, 2015

Examples of Serious Crimes of Illegal Aliens

The information below is taken from news sources. The aliens in these reports were all identified as being in the country illegally, and many of them had come into the hands of law enforcement agencies prior to the crime that is described below, but the alien was not deported or in some cases was deported but reentered the country.

These cases are listed as a demonstration that better prevention of illegal immigration is a public safety issue even though these cases are not representative of the illegal alien population in general. These cases refer to crimes other than terrorism.

May 2014 — Humberto Gonzalez, an illegal alien, was convicted in New Jersey of criminal assault and sentenced to 50 years in prison. The rape occurred in 2005 and Gonzalez was not identified until a DNA match was made following an arrest in Texas for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Gonzalez also had a criminal record in Louisiana and Arkansas. (Times of Trenton, May 9, 2014)

February 2014 — Cinthya Garcia-Cisneros, an illegal alien from Mexico, was found guilty of two counts of a felony for failure to perform the duties of a driver and sentenced to three years of probation and 250 hours of community service. Garcia-Cisneros committed a hit-and-run that resulted in the death of two stepsisters, 6-year-old Anna Dieter-Eckerdt and 11-year-old Abigail Robinson. (Associated Press, Feb. 4, 2013)

January 2014 — Jasim Mohammed Hasin Ramadon, aka Jay Hendrix, an Iraqi immigrant, was found guilty in Colorado on multiple counts of sexual assault. He faces a possible sentence of life in prison. Sarmad Fadhi "Levi" Mohammed, another Iraqi was earlier convicted for the same assault and sentenced to 16 years in prison. An additional three Iraqi immigrants involved in the assault have received misdemeanor convictions. (Colorado Gazette, January 21, 2014)

January 2014 — Modesto Osco, a Peruvian, pled guilty to indecent assault on a minor. He was sentenced in Pennsylvania to five months to two years in prison. (The Morning Call, January 6, 2014)

December 2013 — A Mexican illegal alien, Francisco Leon-Urbalexo, pled guilty in California to attempted second-degree murder and was sentenced to nine years in state prison. (Santa Monica Daily Press, December 17, 2013)

December 2013 — Jose Luis Ramirez-Dorantes, a Mexican illegal alien was sentenced in California to 55 years in prison for the murder-robbery of Border Patrol officer Robert Rosas, Jr. Ramirez had been arrested on alien smuggling charges, but was free on supervised release at the time he joined four others in 2009 in an attempted robbery of Rosas' night vision goggles that resulted in his shooting death. (Breibart News, December 29, 2013)

December 2013 — Joel Monfort, a Haitian illegal alien, was deported. He was convicted of second-degree assault and sex offense in Salisbury, Maryland and was sentenced to 12 months in prison in 2001. In 2004, he was again convicted of second-degree assault for sexually assaulting a motorcycle accident victim he was providing nursing aid and was sentenced to 10 years in prison. (The Star Democrat, December 18, 2013)

December 2013 — Two British citizens, Babar Ahmad and Syed Talha Ahsan, pled guilty in Connecticut to conspiring to provide and providing material support, including funds, personnel and physical items, to terrorists. Ahmad and Ahsan face up to 25 years and 15 years in prison, respectively. (ICE Press Release, December 10, 2013)

December 2013 — Carlos Hidalgo, a Mexican illegal alien, was convicted of felony grand theft in April 2013. Between 2001 and 2011, Hidalgo was convicted of two DUI offenses. He is in prison in Adelanto, California. (The Press-Enterprise, December 2, 2013)

December 2013 — Artyom Karapetyan, an Armenian immigrant, was convicted of felony battery against a custodial officer and imprisoned at Adelanto, California. He was transferred to the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department in August because of an outstanding criminal warrant. (The Press-Enterprise, December 2, 2013)

December 2013 — Jose Santos Maltez, a Nicaraguan illegal alien, is imprisoned in Adelanto, California federal penitentiary for conviction on a drug charge. (The Press-Enterprise, December 2, 2013)

November 2013 — Three Mexicans pled guilty to holding hostages at gunpoint in their alien smuggling operation in Arizona. Francisco Javier Astorga-Velarde and Jose Pedro Soto-Valdez were both sentenced to 12 years in prison. Noel Galindez-Marmolejo was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment. (ICE News Release, November 27, 2013)

November 2013 — German de Jesus Ventura, a Salvadoran illegal alien, was sentenced in Maryland to 35 years in prison for sex trafficking. His partner, Kevin Garcia Fuertes, a Honduran, was sentenced to 19 years in prison. (ICE News Release, November 26, 2013)

November 2013 — A British citizen, John David Baker, was sentenced in Florida to 25 years in prison for producing child pornography. (ICE News Release, November 22, 2013)

November 2013 — a Salvadoran MS-13 illegal alien gang member, Carlos Ortega, was convicted of murder, assault with dangerous weapons, racketeering, racketeering conspiracy, and related firearms and conspiracy offenses. For these crimes in the New York City area, he was sentenced to life in prison. (Breibart News, November 21, 2013)

November 2013 — Two Guayanese citizens, Yugool Persaud, and Desmond Wilson, were convicted in Florida of drug smuggling. They face up to life in federal prison. (ICE News Release, November 21, 2013)

November 2013 — Thomas Andrew Quinton, a Canadian, pled guilty in Montana to “traveling with the intent to have sex with a minor.” He faces a possible penalty of 30 years in prison. (ICE News Release, November 18, 2013)

November 2013 — Luis Munoz, an illegal alien from Ecuador, pled guilty to first degree aggravated vehicular homicide for driving under the influence of alcohol, fatally hitting two people, and driving away. Munoz received the maximum prison sentence of 18 years. (YNN, November 8, 2013)

October 2013 — Emeterio Velazquez, a Mexican, was convicted in Wisconsin of cocaine trafficking. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison. (ICE News Release, October 25, 2013)

October 2013 — Augustine DeCruz, a Guyanan illegal alien, was convicted in Pennsylvania of possessing with intent to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine and for possessing a firearm. He was sentenced to 106 months in prison. (ICE News Release, October 24, 2013)

October 2013 — An illegal alien from Honduras who had been detained by immigration authorities and granted voluntary departure but failed to leave the country attempted to abduct a co-ed at Virginia Tech in 2012 where he was working on a construction project. Arlex Cardenas Flores was sentenced to two years in prison. (Roanoke News, October 2, 2013)

October 2013 — Santos Gomez, a Mexican illegal alien, was sentenced to 15 years in prison convicted of a drunk driving conviction for an accident in South Carolina that left a university student crippled for life. (The State, October 17, 2013)

October 2013 — Javier Antonio Martinez, an illegal alien from the Dominican Republic was sentenced to 65 years in prison in Alaska. He was charged with a series of crimes and is still awaiting trial for the shooting death of his boss. Martinez had previously been deported in 1992 after serving time for a felony drug conviction in Rhode Island. According to the prosecutor, he had returned to the United States by the next year and had accumulated several additional convictions for violent crimes in Florida under aliases but was undetected as a deportable alien. (Anchorage Daily News, October 17, 2013)

October 2013 — A Guatemalan, Luis Gilberto Cruz Solis, was sentenced in McAllen, Texas to six months in prison for stabbing a Border Patrol K-9 as he tried to elude capture after entering the country illegally. (Monitor, October 1, 2013)

September 2013 — Camilo Torres-Martinez, a Columbian, pled guilty and was convicted in Florida of conspiracy to traffic cocaine into the United States. He faces a sentence of between 10 years and life in federal prison. (ICE News Release, September 26, 2013)

September 2013 — Alma Lucrecia Hernandez-Preciado, a Colombian, was convicted in Florida of drug smuggling. She faces between 10 years and life in federal prison. (ICE News Release, September 23, 2013)

September 2013 — Alexis Estevez-Alvarez, a Cuban, was sentenced in Texas to 11 years in prison for possession with intent to distribute marijuana. (ICE News Release, September 16, 2013)

September 2012 — Ezequiel Padilla-Villalobos, a Mexican illegal alien, pled guilty to murder for stabbing to death a 14-year old girl in Colorado when he failed in his efforts to strangle her. (Examiner, September 19, 2013)

September 2013 — An illegal alien from Honduras, Kevin Fuertes, was convicted in Maryland of sex trafficking (running brothels in Annapolis and Easton, Maryland). He was sentenced to 19 years in prison. (WBAL News, September 11, 2013)

September 2013 — Jose Alberto Izquierdo-Gonzalez, a Mexican illegal alien, pled guilty to illegally transporting immigrants and assaulting U.S. Border Patrol agents and was sentenced in Laredo, Texas to eight years in federal prison. Associated Press, September 4, 2013)

August 2013 — Pricilio Garcia-Jimenez, a Mexican illegal alien, pled guilty in New Mexico to selling methamphetamine. The plea agreement provides for a 9-year prison term followed by deportation. (ICE News Release, August 30, 2013)

August 2013 — Alberto Feliz Garcia, a Guatemalan, was sentenced in Massachusetts to 63 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute heroin and other charges. (ICE News Release, August 30, 2013)

August 2013 — Esteban Bernard, an Argentinian, was convicted in Wisconsin of violent assault with a firearm. He was sentenced to two years in prison. (ICE News Release, August 21, 2013)

August 2013 — Phillip Amisano-Camillo, a Canadian, pled guilty in Texas to enticing a minor to engage in sexual activity. He faces up to 40 years in federal prison. (ICE News Release, August 19, 2013)

August 2013 —Julio Blanco Garcia, and illegal alien, was convicted of first-degree murder of a young woman who had volunteered to drive him to a hospital. He was sentenced in Fairfax, Virginia to 49 years imprisonment. (Washington Post, August 22, 2013)

August 2013 —Agustin Macias-Marquez, an illegal alien, pled guilty to drunk driving, unlicensed driving, and causing an accident that killed two people in Pennsylvania. He was sentenced to eight years in prison. At the time of the accident, Macias was left free while under deportation proceedings resulting from a previous drunk driving conviction. (Herald-Mail, August 15, 2013)

July 2013 — Jose Domingo Jasso-Topete, a Mexican illegal alien, pled guilty in New Mexico to conspiracy and possessing more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana with intent to distribute. He faces a maximum prison sentence of life imprisonment. (ICE News Release, July 31, 2013)

July 2013 — Jose Roberto Pacheco-Alvarado, a Honduran, pled guilty in Louisiana to illegally reentering the country following his deportation after a felony theft conviction. He faces a sentence of up to 10 years in prison. (ICE News Release, July 29, 2013)

July 2013 — Manuel Rivas, a Salvadoran, was sentenced in Louisiana to six years in prison for obstructing his deportation following subsequent to a felony sexual assault conviction in Arkansas. (ICE News Release, July 24, 2013)

July 2013 — Jose Luis Castillo-Madrigal, a Mexican, pled guilty and was convicted in Wisconsin of marijuana trafficking. He was sentenced to 54 months in prison. (ICE News Release, July 22, 2013)

July 2013 —Moises Soto, a Mexican, pled guilty in federal court to a drug conspiracy charge related to managing a large marijuana farm and distribution operation in Maine. The operation employed illegal aliens. (Bangor Daily News, July 30, 2013)

July 2013 —Antonio Lopez-Bautista, an illegal alien was sentenced to 11 years in jail for sexually assaulting a 67-year-old woman in Sarasota, New York. (Saratogian, July 29, 2013)

June 2013 — Arlex Cardenas Flores, an illegal alien construction worker in Virginia, was convicted of attempted abduction of a female Virginia Tech student. He faces a possible sentence of 10 years imprisonment. ( WSLS-TV, Roanoke, VA)

June 2013 — Luis Alberto Hernandez Garcia, an illegal alien, was convicted of possessing with intent to distribute cocaine and marijuana in Brownsville, Texas. He was sentenced to more than 11 years imprisonment. (Brownsville Herald, June 4, 2013)

May 2013 – Samuel Nevarez-Ayon, a Mexican, was convicted in Idaho of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. He was sentenced to more than 24 years in prison. (ICE News Release, May 30, 2013)

May 2013 — German Rolando Vicente-Sapon, a Guatemalan illegal alien, was sentenced in Tennessee to more than 15 years in federal prison for sexually abusing a teenage Guatemalan girl he illegally trafficked across the Mexican border. (ICE News Release, May 28, 2013)

May 2013 — Mustapha Issaka Zico, a Ghanaian, was convicted in Virginia of conspiring to import heroin from Ghana. He was sentenced to to 18 years in prison. (ICE News Release, May 28, 2013)

May 2013 — Edwin Galvez-Berganza, a Guatemalan, pled guilty in Maryland to narcotics trafficking and was sentenced to 15 years in prison. (ICE News Release, May 23, 2013)

May 2013 — Yessica Chanel Cabanillas-Torres, a Mexican, pled guilty in Texas to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute heroin. She was convicted and sentenced to three years in prison. (ICE News Release, May 17, 2013)

May 2013 — Tyrone Reid, an illegal alien from Dominica involved in narcotics smuggling, was sentenced in Texas to 14 years in prison on a firearms conviction. (ICE News Release, May 15, 2013)

May 2013 — Five Mexicans were convicted in North Carolina of operating a drug distribution ring. Norberto Rivera Aguilar, the leader of the gang, pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and methamphetamine and was sentenced to ten years in prison to be followed by four years of supervised release. The other gang members who were previously convicted are Caritino Mujica-Vargas, also sentenced to ten years imprisonment; Francisco Javier Teodoro-Campuzano, sentenced to 43 months imprisonment; Marco Antonio Sosa-Caderilla, sentenced to 24 months imprisonment; and Carolina Olivia Hernandez, sentenced to time served (about 18 months). (ICE News Release, May 8, 2013)

May 2013 — Jorge Molina-Sanchez, a Mexican, was found guilty of conspiracy to distribute cocaine and heroin in North Carolina. Molina faces a statutory mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years to life in prison. (ICE News Release, May 8, 2013)

May 2013 — An illegal alien — whose identity was withheld to protect the identity of his victim — pled guilty and was convicted in Oklahoma for the statutory rape of an 11-year old child. He was sentenced to 25 years imprisonment. (KWSO Channel 7 News, May 1, 2013)

April 2013 — Benito Aguilar-Ozuna, a Mexican, was sentenced in Texas to nearly 20 years in prison for cocaine trafficking. (ICE News Release, April 25, 2013)

April 2013 — Eric Cortez Flores, a Mexican, was sentenced in Texas to 30 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. (ICE News Release, April 17, 2013)

April 2013 — ICE in Texas announced the convictions of seven Mexicans and one Salvadoran for reentry after deportation for felony convictions. Previous convictions of the eight illegal aliens included aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, burglary of a vehicle and theft, possession of marijuana with intent to distribute and DUI, possession of controlled substances with intent to deliver, assault, burglary, aggravated robbery, unlawfully carrying a weapon, and unauthorized use of a vehicle, theft, carrying a prohibited weapon, possessing a controlled substance, vehicle theft and family assault, possessing/manufacturing/selling a dangerous weapon, theft, battery with injury, burglary, aggravated assault, threatening with intent to terrorize, burglary of a vehicle, possessing a controlled substance, and theft. (ICE News Release, April 2, 2013)

April 2013 — Pedro Daniel Rodriguez, a Mexican pled guilty in California and was convicted of attempted smuggling of methamphetamines and cocaine into the United States. He was sentenced to more than 12 years in federal prison. (ICE News Release, April 1, 2013)

April 2013 — A Moroccan, Mohammed Mamdouh, was sentenced to five years imprisonment after pleading guilty in February 2012 to conspiracy to a crime of terrorism, criminal possession of a weapon and attempted possession of a weapon as a crime of terrorism in New York City. Mamdouh's fellow conspirator, Algerian Ahmed Ferhani, was sentenced to ten years imprisonment in March. (Businessweek, April 26, 2013).

April 2013 — Oscar Hernandez, a Mexican illegal alien was convicted in New Mexico of the murder of a woman in a fight and was sentenced to 20 years in prison. (Albuquerque Journal, April 11, 2013)

March 2013 — Moonseop Kim, a Korean, pled guilty to transporting illegal aliens into Mississippi for financial gain in connection with a sex trafficking organization. He faces a maximum prison term of 10 years. (ICE News Release, March 29, 2013)

March 2013 — A Mexican illegal alien, Angel Campos Tellez, pled guilty in the District of Columbia pled guilty to helping run a prostitution ring in Maryland and Delaware. Tellez had been previously deported twice. He was sentenced to 46 months in prison. (Washington Post, March 27, 2013 and ICE News Release, June 21, 2013)

March 2013 — A Jamaican illegal alien, Oneil Martin, was sentenced to 66 months in prison. He was convicted of possession with intent to distribute marijuana and firearm possession. (ICE News Release, March 26, 2013)

March 2013 — Jean-Claude "Kodjo" Toviave, a Togolese, was sentenced in Michigan to 135 months in prison for a conviction for human trafficking. (ICE News Release, March 25, 2013)

March 2013 — Jean Brown, a Jamaican, received a life sentence in Maryland for murder in aid of racketeering in connection with a conspiracy to distribute marijuana. (ICE News Release, March 22, 2013)

March 2013 — Dante Reyes, a Mexican illegal alien, pled guilty in Indiana and was convicted in Illinois of racketeering conspiracy related to his participation in the Latin Kings gang. . (ICE News Release, March 14, 2013)

March 2013 — Daniel Ignacio, a Guatemalan illegal alien, was found guilty of murder, arson and assault for torching a tenement that killed five. He faces imprisonment of 25 years to life. (New York Times, March 12, 2013)

March 2013 — William Jesus Brandel-Mena, a Honduran, pled guilty in Louisiana to illegal reentry after deportation following a conviction for child molestation. He faces a sentence of up to 20 years in prison. (ICE News Release, March 8, 2013)

March 2013 — Juan Castillo-Mendoza, a Mexican, was sentenced in Texas to four years in prison for traveling into the United States with the intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct (child solicitation). (ICE News Release, March 6, 2013)

February 2013 — Jose Rivas, a Colombian, was convicted in Florida of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine. He was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment. (ICE News Release, February 28, 2013)

February 2013 — Luis Ivan Nino-Duenes, a Mexican member of the Gulf Cartel, was sentenced in Texas to five years in prison on a firearms conviction. (ICE News Release, February 27, 2013)

February 2013 — Jose Ramon Escobedo-Gonzales, a Mexican, was convicted of trafficking drugs in Idaho and sentenced to 19 years in prison. (ICE News Release, February 25, 2013)

February 2013 — Mexican illegal aliens Julio Cesar Flores-Martinez and Francisco Padilla-Perez, were convicted in Texas of attempting to smuggle assault rifle magazines into Mexico. (ICE News Release, February 25, 2013)

February 2013 — Luis Misael Madrid-Romero, a Honduran illegal alien, pled guilty in Louisiana to illegal reentry following deportation. He had previously been convicted in California for felony domestic violence. (ICE News Release, February 22, 2013)

February 2013 — Miyoung Roberts, a Korean, pled guilty in Washington state to alien sex trafficking. She was sentenced to two years in prison. (ICE News Release, February 22, 2013)

February 2013 — Mexicans Juan L. Hernandez, Oliber L. Hernandez, and Pedro A. Cruz pled guilty in New Orleans to conspiracy to distribute cocaine and marijuana. (ICE News Release, February 20, 2013)

February 2013 — Yanira del Carmen Guerrero Andrade, a Salvadoran illegal alien residing in Maryland, pled guilty to child sex trafficking for recruiting a run-away, pregnant 15-year-old into prostitution. (U.S. Department of Justice press release, February 13, 2013).

February 2013 — Mexicans Genaro Torres and Maria E. Garcia were convicted in New York of cocaine trafficking. Torres was sentenced to 10 years in prison and Garcia was sentenced to four years in prison. (ICE News Release, February 8, 2013)

February 2013 — Dung Ngoc Nguyen, a Canadian, pled guilty in Pennsylvania to drug trafficking and money laundering. She faces a prison term of up to 45 years. (ICE News Release, February 11, 2013)

February 2013 — Franklin William McField-Bent, a Nicaraguan, was convicted in Florida of drug trafficking and weapons conspiracy charges. He was sentenced to 19 years and seven months in prison. (ICE News Release, February 1, 2013)

January 2013 — Two Iraqi nationals, Mohanad Shareef Hammadi and Waad Ramadan Alwan were sentenced in Kentucky to life in prison and 40 years in prison respectively for using improvised explosive devices (IEDs) against U.S. soldiers in Iraq and attempting to send weapons and money to Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) to kill U.S. soldiers. (ICE News Release, January 29, 2013)

January 2013 — Tahawwur Rana, a Pakistani, was convicted in Illinois of conspiring to provide material support to a terrorist plot in Denmark and providing material support to Lashkar e Tayyiba, a terrorist organization operating in Pakistan. He was sentenced to 14 years in prison. (ICE News Release, January 17, 2013)

January 2013 — Pereira, a Salvadoran illegal alien was sentenced to 50 years to life in prison for beating his ex-girlfriend to death in 2012 in Nebraska. (1011Now news, January 4, 2013)