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USAO Press Release on December 18, 2025

HOUSTON - A six-count second superseding indictment has been unsealed, charging four Venezuelan nationals, including multiple alleged high-ranking members of Tren de Aragua - a designated foreign terrorist organization, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.

The indictment adds…


DOJ Press Release on December 18, 2025

WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice announced the unsealing of multiple indictments against more than 70 individuals, including leaders and members of designated foreign terrorist organization Tren de Aragua (TdA), linked to various violent crimes inside and outside the United States…


USAO Press Release on December 15, 2025

LAREDO, Texas – Two men have entered guilty pleas to trafficking at least 534 weapons along with numerous magazines and large amounts of ammunition, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.

Emilio Ramirez Cortes, 48, a Mexican citizen who legally resides in Albertville, Alabama, and his…


USAO Press Release on December 12, 2025

SAN ANTONIO – United States Attorney Justin R. Simmons for the Western District of Texas announced today that federal prosecutors in the district filed 316 new immigration and immigration-related criminal cases from Dec. 5 to Dec. 11. Charges were brought against illegal aliens with past…


USAO Press Release on December 12, 2025

HOUSTON – A 45-year-old Houston man has been ordered to federal prison for possessing with the intent to distribute bulk crystal methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.

Devon Shermaine Rhodes pleaded guilty Sept. 15.

U.S. District Judge Keith P. Ellison has now…


USAO Press Release on December 12, 2025

HOUSTON – A total of 294 cases have been filed related to immigration and border security from Dec. 5-11, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.

A total of 87 people face charges of illegal entry, while another 182 face charges of felony reentry after removal. Most have felony…


USAO Press Release on December 12, 2025

SAN ANTONIO – A San Antonio felon was arrested today in San Antonio on criminal charges related to his alleged possession of firearms and explosives.

According to court documents, Dustin Jay Ammons was identified as an individual who placed pipe bombs at the external ATMs of two San…


USAO Press Release on December 11, 2025

BEAUMONT, Texas –A Groves convicted felon has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for a firearms violation in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs.

Alvaro Montrell Bethea, 46, pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and was…

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