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You are subscribed to U.S. Attorneys News news updates. This information has recently been updated, and is now available. U.S. Attorney's Office Collects $20,238,028.08 in Civil and Criminal Actions in Fiscal Year 2025 02/13/2026 07:00 AM EST Honduran Man Sentenced For Illegal Reentry 02/13/2026 07:00 AM EST NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – DENIS EDGARDO BUEZO-ZELAYA ("BUEZO"), age 33, was sentenced on February 3, 2026 after previously pleading guilty to illegal reentry of a removed alien, in violation of Title 8, United States Code, Section 1326(a), announced United States Attorney David I. Courcelle. Twenty-Seven Members and Associates of Tren de Aragua Splinter Faction Anti-Tren Charged With 2024 Double Murder in New York and Sex Trafficking, Kidnapping, Racketeering, and Other Offenses 02/13/2026 07:00 AM EST A 38-count superseding indictment (S4 indictment) was unsealed today charging 27 members of the Anti-Tren faction of the designated foreign terrorist organization Tren de Aragua (TDA or TdA) with offenses including racketeering conspiracy, murder in aid of racketeering in connection with an April 15, 2024, double murder in the Bronx, New York, murder-for-hire conspiracy, kidnapping in aid of racketeering, sex trafficking and sex trafficking conspiracy, and other offenses. Twenty-one of the 27 defendants charged in the S4 indictment were previously charged in a 12-count indictment. Of the six newly added defendants, five are now in federal custody. Mexican National Sentenced for Illegally Reentering the Country 02/13/2026 07:00 AM EST Isidro Gonzalez-Peleaz, 41, was apprehended by Border Patrol agents with his brother, Alfredo Gonzalez-Peleaz, who was also prosecuted for illegal reentry. Arizona Man Sentenced for Illegally Possessing Firearms After Communicating Online with Australian Killers 02/13/2026 07:00 AM EST PHOENIX, Ariz. – An Arizona man who came to law enforcement's attention as part of an investigation into the murder of two police officers and one civilian in Queensland, Australia, was sentenced yesterday in federal court to three years in prison for illegally possessing firearms and ammunition.  Mexican National Sentenced for Illegally Reentering the Country 02/13/2026 07:00 AM EST Alfredo Gonzalez-Peleaz, 43, was apprehended by Border Patrol agents with his brother, Isidro Gonzalez-Peleaz, who was also prosecuted for illegal reentry. Colchester Man Sentenced to 240 Months for Involvement in Swanton Homicide 02/13/2026 07:00 AM EST Leader of Tijuana-based Fentanyl Trafficking Organization Sentenced 02/13/2026 07:00 AM EST SAN DIEGO – Alejandro Salinas of Tijuana, Mexico, was sentenced in federal court today to 240 months in prison for leading an organization that trafficked large amounts of fentanyl and methamphetamine into the United States from Mexico. Salinas previously pleaded guilty to participating in an international conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and methamphetamine. Healthcare executives guilty in multimillion-dollar healthcare fraud conspiracy 02/13/2026 07:00 AM EST Two healthcare executives have pleaded guilty to federal charges related to a multimillion-dollar fraud conspiracy in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs.  U.S. Attorney's Office Filed 114 Border-Related Cases This Week 02/13/2026 07:00 AM EST SAN DIEGO – Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of California filed 114 border-related cases this week, including charges of bringing in aliens for financial gain, reentering the U.S. after deportation, and importation of controlled substances. Twelfth and Final Member of '21st and Vietnam' Crew Sentenced to 101 Months on Narcotics, Weapons Counts 02/13/2026 07:00 AM EST Van Robinson, 44, of the District of Columbia, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 101 months for his participation in the violent, armed gang of drug dealers known as the "21st and Vietnam" crew which distributed an array of narcotics in Northeast Washington D.C. Jury Convicts Tuba City Man of Second Degree Murder, Aggravated Assault, and Robbery 02/13/2026 07:00 AM EST PHOENIX, Ariz. – On Feb. 5, 2026, a federal jury found Derick Lee Myron, 45, of Tuba City, Arizona, guilty of one count of Second-Degree Murder, three counts of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, two counts of Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury, four counts of Discharging a Firearm During and In Relation to a Crime of Violence, and one count of Robbery. The guilty verdict followed an eight-day jury trial before U.S. District Judge Michael T. Liburdi. Sentencing is scheduled for May 19, 2026. U.S. Attorney's Office Concludes Investigation Into Fatal Shooting 02/13/2026 07:00 AM EST The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia announced today that there is insufficient evidence to pursue federal criminal civil rights or District of Columbia charges against Metropolitan Police Department Officer Epshane Porter for a shooting that occurred on November 17, 2025, and fatally injured a 25-year-old District resident (D.C.) at the side of 1221 47th Place, N.E., Washington, D.C.  Cape Girardeau Man Admits Identity Theft, Pandemic Fraud 02/13/2026 07:00 AM EST Myles Depew pleaded guilty to three counts of wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft.  Registered Sex Offender from Worcester Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Child Pornography Offense 02/13/2026 07:00 AM EST BOSTON - A Worcester man was sentenced to over a decade in prison on Feb. 4, 2026 in federal court in Boston for possessing hundreds of files depicting child sexual abuse material (CSAM).   New York Man Who Used TikTok and Snapchat to Prey on Girls Pleads Guilty to Child Exploitation Offenses 02/13/2026 07:00 AM EST JAMES PAGLIARO, 27, of Middletown, New York, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to multiple child exploitation offenses. U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Mexico Weekly Immigration and Border Crimes Report 02/13/2026 07:00 AM EST Today, the United States Attorney's Office for the District of New Mexico announced its immigration enforcement statistics for this week.  Jonathan D. Frost Pleads Guilty To Three Felony Charges Related To $70 Million Dollar Fraud Scheme 02/13/2026 07:00 AM EST Illinois Man Charged with Interstate Transmission of Text and Voicemail Threats to Injure Federal Law Enforcement Officer 02/13/2026 07:00 AM EST 27 Members And Associates Of Tren De Aragua Splinter Faction Anti-Tren Charged With 2024 Double Murder In The Bronx, And Sex Trafficking, Kidnapping, Racketeering, And Other Offenses 02/13/2026 07:00 AM EST United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, Acting Executive Associate Director of the New York Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations ("HSI"), John A. Condon, and Co-Director of Joint Task Force Vulcan ("JTFV"), Christopher Eason, announced a 38-count Superseding ("S4") Indictment (the "S4 Indictment") charging 27 members of the Anti-Tren faction of the designated foreign terrorist organization Tren de Aragua ("TDA") with offenses including racketeering conspiracy, murder in aid of racketeering in connection with an April 15, 2024, double murder in the Bronx, murder-for-hire conspiracy, kidnapping in aid of racketeering, sex trafficking and sex trafficking conspiracy, and other offenses.  21 of the 27 defendants charged in the S4 Indictment were previously charged in a 12-count Indictment.  Of the six newly added defendants, five are now in federal custody.   California Man Charged with Interstate Transmission of Threats to Injure Five Federal Law Enforcement Officers 02/13/2026 07:00 AM EST Kansas City Man Charged with Child Pornography Offenses 02/13/2026 07:00 AM EST A Kansas City, Mo., man was charged with child pornography offenses in a now-unsealed federal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Missouri. San Diego Woman Sentenced to 63 Months in Embezzlement and Money Laundering Scheme 02/13/2026 07:00 AM EST SAN DIEGO – Ping "Jenny" Gao of Point Loma was sentenced in federal court today to 63 months' custody after admitting that she embezzled and laundered more than $8.5 million from her employer's bank accounts. U.S. District Judge James E. Simmons, Jr. also ordered Gao to pay $3,295,000 in restitution to victims of the offense – Nautical Hero Group, LLC and Vitality International Management, LLC. St. Paul Woman Indicted by a Minnesota Federal Grand Jury for inflicting Bodily Injury on a Federal Law Enforcement Officer in the Performance of His Official Duties 02/13/2026 07:00 AM EST District Man Pleads Guilty to Second-Degree Murder Charge 02/13/2026 07:00 AM EST Dearay Wilson, 30, of Washington, D.C., pleaded guilty today to second-degree murder while armed for his role in the shooting death of 50-year-old D.C. resident Jeremy Black on the evening of June 29, 2021, in Northwest D.C., announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.

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