Tag: US Border Patrol
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…
Van Phuong Vu, Alien Smuggling, Washington 2026
⏱ 3 min read Two Canadian nationals, Van Phuong Vu and Johnny Huynh, were busted for smuggling eight Vietnamese nationals into the US via Point Roberts, Washington. The group, including the would-be smugglers, was intercepted at Bellingham Airport last week. According to authorities, the scheme began early on May 5, 2026, when US Border Patrol…
Tyshan Murray, Alien Smuggling, Vermont 2026
⏱ 2 min read On September 8, 2024, nine Irish citizens illegally crossed into the US in Richford, Vermont, near the Canadian border. Tyshan Murray, a 44-year-old New Jersey man, picked up the group, including five adults and four children, and was subsequently stopped by US Border Patrol Agents. Murray’s reckless actions put the lives…
Rigoberto Rangel-Mora, Alien Smuggling, Arizona 2023
⏱ 2 min read Five illegal aliens were arrested in Phoenix, Arizona, for running a large-scale alien smuggling operation that harbored and transported aliens across the US. The suspects, Rigoberto Rangel-Mora, Jesus Marin-Esquivel, Ingrid Bolanos-Gomez, Alejandro Ambrocio-Espinosa, and Enrique Cervantes-Barrera, all from Mexico or Guatemala, were caught after a traffic stop on April 28 near…
Bryan Fernando Guillen, Alien Smuggling, Texas 2023
⏱ 2 min read In a shocking crackdown, federal prosecutors in the Western District of Texas filed 215 new immigration and immigration-related criminal cases from May 1 to May 7. The charges targeted human smugglers and illegal aliens with past convictions for numerous DWIs, violent crime, drug trafficking, theft, and multiple prior removals. One notable…
Salvador Santiago-Lopez, Use and Possession of Fraudulent Immigration Documents, Montana 2026
⏱ 2 min read Salvador Santiago-Lopez, a 33-year-old Mexican man, was caught using fake immigration documents during a traffic stop near Malta, Montana, on March 6, 2026. He admitted to being in the US illegally and crossing the border without inspection. Santiago-Lopez claimed he was traveling to borrow money from his brother to pay for…
Elmer Enrique Ramirez-Ardon, Illegal Reentry, Maine 2026
⏱ 2 min read On March 12, 2026, US Border Patrol Agents in Franklin County, Maine, stopped a white box truck heading towards the US-Canadian border, discovering Elmer Enrique Ramirez-Ardon, a 33-year-old Guatemalan man, in the passenger seat. Ramirez-Ardon had been ordered deported and removed from the US in 2014. He pleaded guilty to illegally…
Juan Abraham Carranco-Carranco, Reentry of Removed Alien, Montana 2026
⏱ 2 min read A high-speed car chase through Montana’s rural roads ended with a 30-year-old Mexican man, Juan Abraham Carranco-Carranco, behind bars for reentering the US illegally. On February 23, 2026, Border Patrol agents in Hinsdale, Montana, tried to pull over a Chevy Traverse with Texas plates after receiving a tip about a possible…
Joel Martin Mendez, Sex Crimes, Michigan 2023
⏱ 2 min read A Guatemalan national with a history of preying on children has been caught illegally re-entering the United States. Joel Martin Mendez, 33, was arrested in February after Detroit Sector Border Patrol identified him as a prior convicted sex offender who had failed to register as required. Mendez had previously been removed…
John O’Rourke, Illegally Reentering the US, California 2026
⏱ 2 min read A British citizen with a penchant for aliases has been caught trying to sneak back into the US with no legal status, federal authorities say. John O’Rourke, 27, also known as John Casey, was busted reentering the country near the Canadian border in October 2024. The UK native was deported back…
