Tag: US Customs and Border Protection
Marco Antonio Dominguez-Barranco, Alien Smuggling, Texas 2023
⏱ 3 min read In a single week, federal prosecutors in the Western District of Texas filed charges against nearly 300 individuals in immigration and immigration-related criminal cases. The defendants, including alien smugglers and illegal aliens with prior convictions, were brought to justice between August 7 and August 13. The crimes took place at various…
Gabriela Lopez-Castro, Illegal Reentry, Montana 2026
⏱ 2 min read Gabriela Lopez-Castro, a 35-year-old Mexican citizen, was sentenced to time served for illegally reentering the United States in Billings, Montana. Lopez-Castro, who was living in Roundup, pleaded guilty in March 2026 to one count of illegal reentry into the United States. She was arrested in Musselshell County on February 4, 2026,…
Fabian Lopez-Barragan, Illegal Reentry, Montana 2026
⏱ 2 min read Fabian Lopez-Barragan, a 25-year-old Mexican national, was pulled over in Sidney, Montana, on December 30, 2025, for driving a car with mismatched plates. The traffic stop led to the discovery that Lopez-Barragan was in the country illegally, having been deported in 2019. Lopez-Barragan pleaded guilty to one count of illegal reentry…
Jacob Melvin Hart, Child Exploitation, California 2023
⏱ 2 min read Jacob Melvin Hart, a 46-year-old California man, has been sentenced to 40 years in federal prison for sexually exploiting children by secretly recording minors through spyware installed on laptop computers. Hart, who pleaded guilty to attempted production of visual depictions involving sexual exploitation of a minor and transportation of visual depictions…
Felix Santos, Transporting Child Pornography, Massachusetts 2026
⏱ 2 min read Felix Santos, a 34-year-old Peabody man, was arrested at Boston Logan International Airport on May 18, 2026, after border agents found multiple files of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on his phone. Santos had just arrived from the Dominican Republic and was referred to secondary inspection, where agents discovered the disturbing…
Maddesyn Jones, Assaulting an Officer, New York 2026
⏱ 2 min read Maddesyn Jones, a 22-year-old from Copenhagen, NY, is accused of assaulting, resisting, or impeding an officer at the Alexandria Bay Port of Entry on the US-Canada border. The incident occurred when Jones defied lawful commands and fled from law enforcement, losing control of her vehicle and ending up in a ditch.…
Maloy Amador, Attempted Murder of a Federal Officer, New Jersey 2025
⏱ 2 min read Maloy Amador, a 44-year-old Morris County man, was sentenced to 288 months in prison for attempting to murder a federal officer, along with narcotics and firearm offenses. The incident occurred in August 2025, when Amador discharged his assault rifle at federal agents executing a court-authorized search warrant, striking one of the…
Rodolfo Jaime Yanez-Contreras, Reentry, Montana 2026
⏱ 2 min read Rodolfo Jaime Yanez-Contreras, a 43-year-old Mexican citizen, was found to be in the United States illegally after being deported five times between 2000 and 2017. He was detained by law enforcement on December 23, 2025, during a search of a Bozeman residence where he was staying. The search was conducted by…
Rogelio Hernandez-Olivares, Illegal Reentry, Montana 2026
⏱ 2 min read Rogelio Hernandez-Olivares, a 45-year-old Mexican national, was caught reentering the US illegally in Rocker, Montana, on January 20, 2026, after being removed three times before. Hernandez-Olivares initially gave authorities a false name but eventually admitted to being in the country without permission. This incident occurred during a traffic stop by Border…
Antonio Alfaro-Ramirez, Illegal Reentry, Montana 2026
⏱ 2 min read Antonio Alfaro-Ramirez, a 41-year-old Mexican national, was caught in a Bozeman apartment on December 23, 2025, during a search warrant execution by the Missouri River Drug Task Force. He had illegally reentered the US after being removed three times previously. Ramirez pleaded guilty in February 2026 to one count of illegal…
