Category: Organized Crime
Julio Zamudio-Ramirez, Unlawful Return to US, Texas 2025
⏱ 2 min read Julio Zamudio-Ramirez, a 33-year-old Mexican national, has been charged with unlawfully returning to the United States after being previously deported. The incident occurred in August 2025, when Zamudio-Ramirez was in the Gregg County jail for abandoning or endangering a child. It was discovered that he was in the US illegally, despite…
Leshawn Parker, Gun Possession, Louisiana 2023
⏱ 3 min read Leshawn Parker, a notorious member of the Seventh Ward Soldiers, a violent street gang in New Orleans, was sentenced to 60 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm and possessing cocaine with the intent to distribute. On May 13, 2026, United States District Judge Sarah…
Ruhuan Zhen, Money Laundering, Virginia 2025
⏱ 2 min read Ruhuan Zhen and Hongce Wu, two Chinese nationals, have been charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering in connection with transnational criminal organizations, including the Sinaloa Cartel and the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generación. The alleged laundering occurred in the Eastern District of Virginia, with the scheme spanning from at least…
Jose Francisco Santizo-Perez, Illegal Reentry, Florida 2026
⏱ 2 min read A Guatemalan man, Jose Francisco Santizo-Perez, 42, has been sentenced to 16 months in federal prison for his third conviction of illegal reentry by a removed alien. The sentence comes after he pleaded guilty to the crime, which occurred in Okaloosa County, Florida, in January 2026. Santizo-Perez, also known as Jose…
Mohamed Jaber, Racketeering Conspiracy, Florida 2020
⏱ 2 min read Mohamed Jaber, Irving Bruzon, Christian Andujar, Kyle Miller, and Julissa Collazo, all members of the Alexander Park gang, pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute over 1,000 kilograms of marijuana in Tampa, Florida. The crimes occurred between January 2020 and July 2021, with the gang operating by…
John O’Rourke, Unlawful Reentry, New York 2024
⏱ 2 min read A 27-year-old British citizen, John O’Rourke, also known as John Casey, has pleaded guilty to unlawfully reentering the US after being deported. O’Rourke, who has used multiple aliases, was apprehended by US Border Patrol near the Canadian border in New York on October 7, 2024, and removed to Canada. However, he…
German Omar Elbir-Palma, Illegal Reentry, Texas 2023
⏱ 2 min read Over 200 individuals were charged in Texas with immigration and border security-related crimes from May 8-14, as part of an ongoing effort to crack down on illegal activity along the southern border. The charges include illegal entry, felony reentry, human smuggling, and other immigration crimes, with many of the defendants having…
Westyn Lantigua, Attempted Murder, Massachusetts 2022
⏱ 4 min read Westyn Lantigua, a 25-year-old member of the Lynn chapter of the Trinitarios gang, pleaded guilty to racketeering charges, including his role in two attempted murders, in a Boston federal court. The crimes took place in Lynn, Massachusetts, where Lantigua and other gang members targeted rival gangs and innocent bystanders. The guilty…
Verdant Roosevelt Scott, Alien Smuggling, Florida 2026
⏱ 2 min read A daring alien smuggling attempt off the coast of Miami-Dade County has landed five men in hot water. Verdant Roosevelt Scott, 38, of The Bahamas, Zamfir Nitu, 50, of Romania, Donald Coote, 37, of Jamaica, Sergio Alejandro Correa Ramirez, 30, of Colombia, and Gheorghe Ion Chiperi, 43, of Moldova, were charged…
Luciano Alexis Silva Cifuentes, Burglary, Wisconsin 2026
⏱ 2 min read A group of four illegal aliens from South America, including Chilean nationals Luciano Alexis Silva Cifuentes, Enjerbet Alejandro Rojas Silva, and Leandro Felipe Pino Uribe, and Venezuelan national Nobuaki Jesus Lara Watay, were indicted on May 12, 2026, for their alleged involvement in a multistate burglary ring that targeted homes in…
