Border Patrol Apprehends MS-13 Gang Member

Release Date: 

December 12, 2019

TUCSON, Ariz. – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Tucson Sector arrested an admitted MS-13 gang member near Douglas, Thursday afternoon.

The arrest occurred around noon, when Border Patrol agents on patrol observed a man illegally enter the United States west of the Douglas Port of Entry. Agents arrested the man and transported him to the station for processing.

During processing, record checks revealed the man was identified as Gonzalo Garcia-Gonzales, a 26-year-old Mexican national. Record checks also revealed that Garcia is a documented MS-13 gang member.

Garcia has been previously ordered removed from the United States, the most recent being on February 09, 2019.

Garcia is being held in federal custody pending further criminal prosecution.  All arrested individuals are presumed innocent pending the outcome of legal proceedings.

Egyptian-born U.S. citizen arrested

A Massachusetts man has pleaded guilty to keeping classified national defense documents at his home without proper authorization.

Federal prosecutors said Friday that 66-year-old Ahmedelhadi Yassin Serageldin, an Egyptian-born U.S. citizen, pleaded guilty to willfully retaining national defense information.

He faces up to 10 years at prison at sentencing scheduled for April. Federal agents conducting a search warrant at the former Raytheon engineer’s Sharon home found thousands of paper documents and electronic files belonging to Raytheon or the Department of Defense, many of which were marked as containing classified information.

American Homeland Security News: Iran - 148 lashes for woman and 10 years in prison...

American Homeland Security News: Iran - 148 lashes for woman and 10 years in prison...: Marzieh Amiri was sentenced to 10-year and six months prison term and 148 lashes Posted on:  August 24th, 2019 Marzieh Amiri, a jou...

Iran - 148 lashes for woman and 10 years in prison

Marzieh Amiri was sentenced to 10-year and six months prison term and 148 lashes

Posted on: August 24th, 2019

Marzieh Amiri, a journalist at Shargh newspaper, was sentenced to 10 years and 6 months in prison and 148 lashes by the Branch 28 of the Revolutionary Court on August 24, 2019. She was arrested alongside several labor activists who had been arrested during a protest demonstration in Tehran on the International Labor Day.

On May 1, police arrested Marzieh Amiri while covering a Labor Day demonstration in front of the Iranian parliament building in Tehran. Police arrested several labor activists during the rally. She was detained and interrogated in ward 2-Alef of Evin Prison, which is under the supervision of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Intelligence Organization. A week after, she was transferred to the solidarity confinement in ward 209 of the Evin Prison which is under administration of Ministry of Intelligence. Eventually, on June 8, 2019, she was transferred to women’s ward of the Evin Prison.

She received her indictment on July 3, 2019 when she was transferred to the Branch 28 of Revolutionary Court in Tehran. She was charged with “assembly and collusion”, “propaganda against the state”, and “disrupting public order”.

She was tried on August 13, 2019, at the Branch 28 of the Revolutionary Court, led by judge Mohammad Moghiseh. Her sister, Samira Amiri, wrote on her personal page on social media that Marzieh was sentenced to 148 lashes and 10 and a half years in prison. Based on the Article 134 of Iran’s Islamic Penal Code, the charge with the highest penalty will be considered; this means that Marzieh Amiri should serve six years in prison. Judge Moghiseh has denied her requests to set a bail and her temporary release for medical treatment although she suffered once from epileptic seizure in prison.

Sex offender wanted by FBI.

A felony arrest warrant was issued for Navarrete Jr. on June 19, according to the FBI. He is charged with four counts of lewd acts with a child under 14, three counts of sex acts with a child under 10 and four counts of oral sex with a child under 10.

FBI

Jose Arturo Navarrete, Jr.

A federal arrest warrant was issued on Aug. 22 after Navarrete Jr. was charged with “unlawful flight to avoid prosecution," officials said.

Navarrete Jr. was last seen in Texas. Officials said he may be in Arizona, New Mexico, Texas or Mexico.

The FBI is offering a $5,000 reward for information

New York- Man arrested for hate crimes.

MANHATTAN — Police have made an arrest in a series of hate crime attacks in Manhattan earlier this month , one of which a woman was hit with a brick.

Todd Lyons, 33, was taken into custody Friday afternoon for his alleged involvement in the incidents that occurred between Aug. 9 and Aug. 14. He faces assault and hate crime assault charges.

Tucson AZ - New tunnel found west of Deconcini Port of Entry.

TUCSON, Ariz. – On Sunday, U.S. Border Patrol agents discovered the second cross-border tunnel running beneath the streets of Nogales in less than a week.

Nogales Border Patrol agents
located a tunnel west of the
DeConcini Crossing on
Sunday

Tucson Sector agents discovered the tunnel west of the Deconcini Port of Entry and only 50 yards east of the tunnel discovered days prior.

Mexico’s Policia Federal subsequently located the tunnel’s entrance in the floor of the existing Grand Avenue Drainage System in Mexico. The tunnel followed the footer of the International Boundary Fence at a depth of about 10 feet, crossed beneath it, and came up approximately 5 feet north of the fence.

Agents discovered the 125th
border tunnel within the
Tucson Sector

U.S. authorities remediated the tunnel on Monday, December 9. This is the 125th tunnel discovered in the Tucson Sector since 1990 and the second discovered this month.

U.S. Border Patrol frequently works with strategic partners to conduct joint operations, and binational cooperation with Mexico plays a vital role in border security. These efforts aim to prevent the movement of illegal contraband or persons across the border.