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United States of America v. Jose Urena-Capellan

Harrisburg, PA criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Trafficking Offense

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jose Urena-Capellan, age 40, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, was indicted by a federal grand jury on a drug trafficking offense.

According to Acting United States Attorney John C. Gurganus,

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Anushka Bubey, et al. v. Department of Homeland Security

Chicago, Illinois, immigration lawyers represented the Plaintiffs seeking review of adverse administrative decisions made by HHS.

Five citizens of India, who came to the United States as students with F-1 visas, returned home for short periods and sought reentry. Officials at the air- ports where they arrived revoked their visas. The officials ordered expedited removal with respect to fou

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United States of America v. Ariel Benjamin Gregorio Santiago, Zeferino Marceliano Leon

U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that two Mexican nationals pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr. to re-entry of a removed alien. Ariel Benjamin Gregorio Santiago, 36, pleaded guilty and was then sentenced to serve four months in prison. Zeferino Marceliano Leon, 35, pleaded guilty, was sentenced to time served, and turned over to Immigration and Customs En

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United States of America v. Yesenia Melendez Rincon

New Haven, CT criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Nationwide Jewelry Theft Ring

David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that YESENIA MELENDEZ RINCON, 41, a citizen of Colombia last residing in Kissimmee, Florida, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 24 months of impriso

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United States of America v. Tamara Iveth Shiguano-Vargas

Portland, Maine criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegally Entering the US After a Prior Removal.

An Ecuadorian national pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Portland to illegally entering the U.S. after a prior removal.

According to court records, on August 4, 2025, Tamara Iveth Shiguano-Vargas, 29, was a passenger in a car stopped by the

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United States of America v. Undray Lamond Lowery

Montgomery, Ala. criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegally Possessing a Firearm

Acting United States Attorney Kevin Davidson announced today that a Greenville, Alabama, man has been sentenced to federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. On September 23, 2025, a federal judge ordered that 41-year-old Undray Lamond Lowery serve 120 months i

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United States of America v. James Wiley Kelley, Jr.

Tallahassee, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of an unregistered National Firearms Act weapon, possession of a machinegun, and possession of firearms and ammunition by a convicted felon.

James Wiley Kelley, Jr., 50, of Altha, Florida, was indicted by a federal grand jury for possession of an unregistered National Firearms Act weapon, posse

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United States of America v. Luis Mejia-Alas

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegal Firearm Possession

LUIS MEJIA-ALAS, 30, of El Salvador, has been sentenced to serve 20 months in federal prison for being an illegal alien in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester.

According to public record, on January 29, 2025, a trooper with the Oklaho

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United States of America v. Celia Ignacia Esquivel-Bataz

Houston, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with reentry after deportation following conviction of a felony offense.

Esquivel-Bataz, a citizen and national of Mexico, was convicted in
2011 of making a false statement to obtain credit. She was subsequently
deported in May 2012. In April 2025, United States Immigration and
Customs Enforcement (ICE)

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United States of America v. Luis Mejia-Alas

Muskogee, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal alien in possession of a firearm

LUIS MEJIA-ALAS, 30, of El Salvador, has been sentenced to serve 20 months in federal prison for being an illegal alien in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester.

According to public record, on January 29, 2025, a trooper with th

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United States of America v. Cruz Javier Garcia

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Trafficking 40 Pounds of Methamphetamine and Cocaine in Utah

Cruz Javier Garcia, 39, of Bland, Virginia, was sentenced today to 246 months’ imprisonment and a five-year term of supervised release for trafficking 40 pounds of methamphetamine and cocaine while in the District of Utah.

Garcia’s s

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United States of America v.

Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged
with publishing private or identifying information about an individual on the internet with malicious intent

A Santa Monica man has been arrested on a federal criminal complaint charging him with doxxing – publishing private or identifying information about an individual on the internet with maliciou

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United States of America v.

Omaha, Nebraska criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Methamphetamine Distribution Conspiracy

United States Attorney Lesley A. Woods announced that Reyes Ernesto Garcia-Urquizo, 38, of Broken Bow, Nebraska, was sentenced on September 11, 2025, in federal court in Lincoln, Nebraska, for Conspiracy to Distribute 500 grams or more of Methamphetamine. United States D

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United States of America v. D’quon Morrow

Cedar Rapids, IA criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing fentanyl near a school

A man who distributed fentanyl near a school was sentenced today to more than 11 years in federal prison. D’quon Morrow, age 27, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, received the prison term after a March 28, 2025 guilty plea to one count of distribution of at least 40 grams of fent

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United States of America v. Diego Masiel Torres

Houston, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with impeding and interfering with federal law enforcement agents in the course of their duties

A federal grand jury has returned an indictment against a 19-year-old man for impeding and interfering with federal law enforcement agents in the course of their duties, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.

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United States of America v. Ramiro Barrera-Gonzalez, Sebastian Medina- Carrillo, Andre Limon Criston Austin, Juan Pedro Zamarron-Navarrete, Ayde Castaneda-Rivera, Oscar Chapa-Gomez, Lucio David Rivera-Esparza, Jose Orellana Espana, Ricardo Quiroz-Rincon

San Antonio, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assault on a federal officer, bringing in and harboring certain aliens, conspiring to transport two illegal aliens further into the United States, human smuggling

United States Attorney Justin R. Simmons for the Western District of Texas announced today that federal prosecutors in the district filed 294 ne

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United States of America v. Jose David Betanco-Ramirez

San Antonio, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with harboring and transporting over 400 illegal aliens


A Nicaraguan national was sentenced in a federal court in San Antonio to 63 months in prison for harboring and transporting over 400 illegal aliens between October 2023 and February 2024.

According to court documents, Jose David Betanco-Ramir

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United States of America v. Christian Lopez-Burgos

Austin, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Multiple Armed Robberies in Austin

A Honduran national pleaded guilty in federal court this week to committing multiple armed robberies.

According to court documents, on Dec. 31, 2023, Christian Lopez-Burgos, 27, used a black-over-tan pistol during an attempted robbery of a fast-food restaurant on Inter

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United States of America v. Qwmaine Raekwon Knott, Andre Khan, Terrance Hargrove, Keith Bagle, Shamar Evans

Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with possession with intent
to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl.

U.S. Attorney Ellis Boyle, along with federal and local law enforcement, announced that five individuals have been charged in separate federal cases as part of a coordinated enforcement operation. In addition to the federal charg

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United States of America v. Wesley Guard

Albany, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with transportation of child pornography.


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phones.5 It “allows users to chat with one another one-on-one or in a group
setting, [either in a] private or public group.” App’x at 315. It also allows users
to share images and v

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United States of America v. Fredi Rios-Nolasco

Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegally reentering the United States after deportation.

A Mexican national unlawfully residing in Hudson, Mass. was sentenced in federal court in Boston for illegally reentering the United States after deportation.

Fredi Rios-Nolasco, 34, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Myong J. Joun

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United States of America v. Raul Fernando Lora

Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawfully re-entering the United S

A Dominican national residing in Methuen, Mass. has been sentenced in federal court in Boston for unlawfully re-entering the United States after deportation and possessing narcotics intended for distribution.

Raul Fernando Lora, 45, was sentenced by U.S. Dist

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United States of America v. Evaldo Ferreira Pinto

Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawfully reentering the United States after deportation.

A Brazilian national unlawfully residing in Fall River has been indicted by a federal grand jury for unlawfully reentering the United States after deportation.

Evaldo Ferreira Pinto, 51, was indicted on one count of unlawful reentry of a

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United States of America v. Carlos Alfredo Barrera Vasquez

Burlington, Vermont, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Transportation of Illegal Aliens

The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont stated that on September 19, 2025, Carlos Alfredo Barrera Vasquez, 31, of Jalapa, Guatemala, was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge Christina Reiss to a term of 12 months imprisonment. Barrera Va

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United States of America v. Ramiro Contreras-Sandoval

Atlanta, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing over 135 kilograms of a liquid methamphetamine mixture and possessing firearms as an illegal alien and in furtherance of his drug trafficking crimes.

Following a five-day federal trial, a jury convicted Ramiro Contreras-Sandoval, 41, an illegal alien originally from Michoacan, Mexico, of distrib

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