Tag: Customs and Border Protection
Teodora Moreno Reyes, Document Fraud, New Mexico 2024
⏱ 2 min read A New Mexico woman and a Texas man have been charged with conspiring to produce and distribute fraudulent immigration, identification, and employment authorization documents. Teodora Moreno Reyes, 46, of Hatch, New Mexico, and Fernando Galvan, 39, of Fort Worth, Texas, allegedly charged $350 to produce fake documents using customers’ personal information.…
Julio Villa-Urzua, Human Smuggling, California 2023
⏱ 2 min read This week, federal prosecutors in Southern California took on a staggering 151 border-related cases, including charges of human smuggling and drug trafficking. The crimes were committed by individuals like Julio Villa-Urzua, a Mexican national who attempted to bring in 929 pounds of liquid methamphetamine, and Edgar Gonzalez Huales, a Guatemalan national…
Daniel Lanfrit, Possession of Child Pornography, New Jersey 2026
⏱ 2 min read A US border patrol busted a New Jersey man smuggling child porn on his phone and tablet into the country from Canada. Daniel Lanfrit, 50, was stopped at the border in May 2026. Border agents searched his devices and found nearly 400 images of child pornography. Lanfrit, who had traveled from…
Moises Quintana Luna, Human Smuggling, California 2026
⏱ 2 min read A gruesome 151-pound methamphetamine haul was just one of 108 border-related cases filed by federal prosecutors in the Southern District of California this week. The cases included human smuggling, re-entry of deported aliens, and controlled substance importation. Moises Quintana Luna and Alma Beltran Ponce, Mexican citizens, were busted at the Tecate…
Alexis Rios, Bringing in Aliens for Financial Gain, California 2023
⏱ 3 min read This week, the US Attorney’s Office in California’s Southern District filed 83 border-related cases, exposing a web of smuggling and trafficking operations in San Diego. The cases, which include charges of bringing in aliens for financial gain, reentering the US after deportation, and importation of controlled substances, were filed against individuals…
Jorge Junior Alvarez Rodriguez, Possession of Child Pornography, Massachusetts 2025
⏱ 2 min read A Dominican national was caught with a stash of sick child porn on his phone at Boston’s Logan Airport in May 2025. Jorge Junior Alvarez Rodriguez, 22, had just arrived from the Dominican Republic when authorities flagged him for secondary screening. That’s when they found a trove of files featuring young…
Israel Enden, Alien Smuggling, New York 2026
⏱ 2 min read A brazen border run went wrong for Israeli national Israel Enden early last month. On January 8, 2026, Enden, 46, was stopped by Customs and Border Protection officers at the Rainbow Bridge Port of Entry, connecting Buffalo, NY to Niagara Falls, Ontario. Enden, a dual citizen born in the US, was…
Camden MacLean, Transportation of Child Pornography, Massachusetts 2025
⏱ 2 min read A 25-year-old Leominster man just got off a Toronto flight at Boston’s Logan Airport last August, but he won’t be enjoying any sunny spring days in New England. Camden MacLean was flagged for secondary screening and caught with a stash of toddler pornography on his phone. According to officials, a review…
Jesus Obed Mejia Cortez, Alien Trafficking, California 2026
⏱ 2 min read Eleven tons of trouble arrived in San Diego this week as federal prosecutors filed 111 border-related cases, including cocaine smuggling, alien trafficking, and human smuggling. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry made the first bust on April 7, seizing 124 pounds of cocaine concealed in…
Crewmember James Smith, Child Pornography, California 2023
⏱ 2 min read A former crewmember on a cruise ship was sentenced to 7 years and 3 months for transporting child sexual abuse material into the US. Robert De Oliveira Ricci, 36, of Brazil, pleaded guilty on May 16, 2025. On March 10, 2025, a border search of Ricci’s smartphone revealed he had traveled…
