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🚨Assistant Attorney General Colin McDonald announces the Justice Department's Trade Fraud Task Force SURPASSES $1 BILLION in recoveries and charged losses in less than one year alongside @DHSgov@CBP@NDILnews and other federal partners:
LIVE NOW: From Acting Attorney General @DAGToddBlanche's Opening Statement at the Nomination Hearing:
"I’ve lived the American dream. I waited tables to get through college, moved to New York with my wife and two young kids, went to law school at night, and read my textbooks on
Acting Attorney General @DAGToddBlanche on the success of the Homeland Security Task Force that was set up a year ago to eradicate drug cartels, foreign gangs, transnational criminal organizations, and human smuggling and trafficking rings ⬇️
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Sells Man Pleads Guilty to Abusive Sexual Contact of a Child
Mario JB Juan, 39 years old, of Sells, Arizona, pleaded guilty to Abusive Sexual Contact of a Child.
Juan admitted that in 2015, he knowingly engaged in sexual contact with the victim, who was
TUCSON, Ariz. – Mario JB Juan, 39 years old, of Sells, Arizona, pleaded guilty on June 26, to one count of Abusive Sexual Contact of a Child in 2015. Sentencing is scheduled for Oct. 8, 2026.
Juan admitted that in 2015 he engaged in sexual contact with a victim under the age of
Federal, state, and local law enforcement—working as one. #HSTF Tucson is making an impact and working hard to protect the American people.
Last month, the HSTF in Tucson indicted and arrested Jorge Luis Castro-Mercado, 51, of Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, on multiple drug
PHOENIX, Ariz. – Carlos Jobany Castaneda Lechuga, 38, of Laredo, Texas, pleaded guilty yesterday to five counts of Producing Child Pornography involving five minor age girls. Sentencing is scheduled for September 15, 2026. @FBIPhoenix@PhoenixPolice
TUCSON, Ariz. – Joe Martin Cruz, Jr., 20, of San Pedro, CA, was sentenced in June to 60 months in prison. On Jan. 14, 2025, Cruz intentionally crashed his vehicle into a Border Patrol vehicle while fleeing from law enforcement, injuring the two agents inside. @HSIArizona
TUCSON, Ariz. – Derrick Callella, 42, of Hawthorne, California, pleaded guilty today to two counts of Harassment Using a Telecommunication Device. Sentencing is scheduled for September 10, 2026. @FBIPhoenix
TUCSON, Ariz. - Last week, Joseph Kwadwo Badu Boateng, also known as, “Dada Joe Remix,” a citizen of Ghana, pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud. Boateng was arrested in Ghana and extradited to the U.S. in June 2025. In his plea, Boateng admitted that he and his
PHOENIX, Ariz. – Hector Delacruz, 36, of the Bronx, New York, was sentenced on Monday to concurrent prison sentences of 300 months and 120 months for charges related to methamphetamine distribution. A federal jury found Delacruz guilty in October 2025. @DEAPHOENIXDiv
TUCSON, Ariz. – Jorge Luis Castro-Mercado, 51, of Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, was arrested earlier this month by HSI Nogales Special Agents as he tried to cross the border from Mexico. Castro-Mercado faces a 12-count indictment that alleges he was the principal leader of a drug
