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      	  <title> Coast Guard repatriates 7 Cuban migrants</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ MIAMI — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter William Flores repatriated seven Cuban migrants to Bahia de Caba&#241;as, Cuba, Wednesday.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Key West, Fla., received a report from a good Samaritan of a rustic vessel taking on water east of Card Sound, Fla., May 18.
Coast Guard Air Station Miami launched an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter and Coast Guard Station Islamorada]]></description> 
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      	  <title> NEW HAVEN WOMAN CHARGED WITH MAKING
BOMB THREATS AGAINST CONNECTICUT COURTHOUSES</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ Deirdre Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Kimberly K. Mertz, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the FBI, Joseph P. Faughnan, U.S. Marshal for the District of Connecticut and Colonel Danny R. Stebbins of the Connecticut State Police announced that JENNIFER CHIRICO, 30, of New Haven, was arrested today on a federal criminal complaint charging her]]></description> 
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      	  <title> ICE deports man convicted in Pennsylvania of attempted criminal homicide and assault to the UK
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          <description><![CDATA[ PHILADELPHIA — A United Kingdom man, convicted of attempted criminal homicide and aggravated assault in Pennsylvania, was deported from the United States May 14. He was escorted to Belfast International Airport by officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO). The man was ordered removed from the United States by a federal immigration]]></description> 
      	  <link><![CDATA[http://diariohorizonte.com/noticia/18588/ice-deports-man-convicted-in-pennsylvania-of-attempted-criminal]]></link> 
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      	  <title> ICE arrests Ecuadorian national wanted for raping a child in Baltimore
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          <description><![CDATA[ BALTIMORE — An Ecuadorian national residing in Baltimore, wanted for the brutal rape of a 9-year-old girl, was arrested Wednesday by officers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO).
Henry Estrella-Cordova, 31, was arrested May 15 in Silver Spring, Md., by officers of ERO Baltimore's Criminal Alien Program (CAP) after they received]]></description> 
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      	  <title> Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced to 8 Years in Federal Prison
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          <description><![CDATA[ PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Charlie Rosario, 29, formerly of North Providence, R.I., was sentenced on Wednesday to 96 months in federal prison for conspiracy and trafficking more than 500 grams of cocaine in November 2010, announced United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha; John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the DEA’s New England Field Division; and United States Marshal Jamie A.]]></description> 
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      	  <title> Two Sentenced to Federal Prison in Record Seizure of Heroin
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          <description><![CDATA[ PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Jorge Daniel Estrada of Providence, R.I., and Angel Feliz of Dorchester, Mass., have been sentenced to lengthy federal prison sentences in connection with the seizure in October 2012 of 19 kilos of heroin, the largest single seizure in Rhode Island, announced United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha; Providence Public Safety Commissioner Steven M. Par&#233;; Providence Police Chief]]></description> 
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      	  <title>  As a fully public event eighties to millennial poet writes his first book
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          <description><![CDATA[ Westchester, NY. - May 13.2013. The poet Ramon Gross will present his poetry book “Frente al Cadalso”, on Friday, May 17 at 6 pm in the halls of the Dominican Cultural Civic Center (Centro Civico Cultural Dominicano- CCCD). The event will include readings and book signings by the author.
The presentation will feature special guests that have shared the author's patience and love for poetry, a]]></description> 
      	  <link><![CDATA[http://diariohorizonte.com/noticia/18556/as-a-fully-public-event-eighties-to-millennial-poet-writes-his]]></link> 
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      	  <title> Medicare Fraud Strike Force Charges 89 Individuals for Approximately $223 Million in False Billing </title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ WASHINGTON—Attorney General Eric Holder and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today that a nationwide takedown by Medicare Fraud Strike Force operations in eight cities has resulted in charges against 89 individuals, including doctors, nurses, and other licensed medical professionals, for their alleged participation in Medicare fraud schemes]]></description> 
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      	  <title> PHONY SPIRITUAL GURU PLEADS GUILTY TO GRAND LARCENY AFTER STEALING MORE THAN $650,000 FROM VICTIM</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., today announced the guilty plea of JANET MILLER, 39, for stealing more than $650,000 from a woman whom she claimed she could help spiritually. The defendant pleaded guilty to Grand Larceny in the Third Degree, and is expected to be sentenced on June 12, 2013.
 
“Larceny is larceny, no matter what form it takes – fraud by a spiritual advisor is no]]></description> 
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      	  <title> Former School Principal Pleads Guilty to Possession of Child Porn</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ PHILADELPHIA - Troy Czukoski, 42, of Exton, PA, pleaded guilty today to possessing more than 150, but less than 300, images of children engaging in sexually explicit conduct.  At the time of the investigation, Czukoski was serving as Principal of the Springton Lake Middle School in the Rose Tree Media School District in Delaware County.  U.S. District Court Judge Legrome D. Davis scheduled a]]></description> 
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      	  <title> DENTIST PLEADS GUILTY IN $345,000 INSURANCE FRAUD</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., today announced the guilty plea of DMITRY EPELBOYM, 55, for defrauding insurance companies and falsely claiming to maintain an office in Manhattan in order to benefit from higher billing rates for dental work the defendant was performing in Brooklyn. The defendant pleaded guilty to the top charge in the indictment, Grand Larceny in the Second]]></description> 
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      	  <title> Reputed Aryan Brotherhood of Texas Gang Leader Pleads Guilty to Federal Racketeering Charges </title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ WASHINGTON—An alleged general of the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas gang (ABT) pleaded guilty today to racketeering charges related to his membership in the ABT’s criminal enterprise, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson of the Southern District of Texas.

Charles Lee Roberts, aka “Jive,” 67, of]]></description> 
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      	  <title> Rhode Island Bank Teller Sentenced for Embezzlement </title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ BOSTON—A former bank teller was sentenced today for committing bank fraud in connection with her embezzlement of $377,000 from Citizens Bank.

Maria DaSilva, 54, of Smithfield, Rhode Island, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Richard Stearns to 27 months in prison, to be followed by 36 months of supervised release, and ordered to pay $377,926 in restitution. In January 2013, DaSilva pleaded]]></description> 
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      	  <title> The boricua kidnapper Ariel Castro charged today</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ CLEVELAND —The boricua Ariel Castro, one of the three brothers  kidnapping a trio of young women and holding them captive for the last decade was charges today with four counts of kidnapping and three counts of rape.

Ariel Castro's brothers Pedro, 54, and Onil, 50, were not charged with any crimes at this time, Cleveland city prosecutor Victor Perez said.

Ariel Castro lived in the house on]]></description> 
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      	  <title> Mother of Benghazi Victim Blasts Hillary Clinton: 'I Blame Her'</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ Patty Smith, mother of State Dept officer Sean Smith who died in the attack, told CNN that she blames Hillary Clinton for what happened.

"Why couldn't she do something about it? I blame her. That's her department. She's supposed to be on top of it, and yet she claims that she knows nothing - " it wasn't told to her," Smith said to Jake Tapper. "Who's running the place?"

Right-leaning]]></description> 
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      	  <title> TRIAL CONVICTION IN 2011 MURDER OF 95-YEAR-OLD MAN</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., today announced the conviction of WILFRED MATTHEWS, 44, by a jury in New York State Supreme Court of Murder in the First Degree and two counts of Murder in the Second Degree for fatally beating and strangling a 95-year-old man living in an Upper West Side senior home in December 2011. The defendant is expected to be sentenced on June 3, 2013.
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      	  <title> Three Charged with Wire Fraud in Investment Scheme</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Alysa Erichs, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security Investigations (ICE-HSI), Miami Field Office, announce the arrests of defendants Anibangel Molina, 42, of New York, New York, Antonino Castro, 65, of Hialeah, Florida, and Betsy Aguiar Molina, 41, of Miami Lakes,]]></description> 
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      	  <title> Schneiderman To Sue Wells Fargo&amp;#38;Bank Of America For Violating National Mortgage Settlement</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK — Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced his intention to sue Bank of America and Wells Fargo for repeatedly violating the terms of the National Mortgage Settlement. Signed in 2012, the Settlement required the five largest mortgage servicing banks in the United States to improve their customer service practices by complying with new mortgage servicing rules, known as the]]></description> 
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      	  <title> Plead Guilty Dominican Alma Melo,  Unlicensed Plastic Surgeon Co-Conspirator</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK – Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced the guilty plea of Alma Melo, the co-conspirator of Dominican-based plastic surgeon Hector Cabral, who pleaded guilty to Unauthorized Practice of Medicine in Octoberof 2011. Melo, who performed illegal post-operative procedures on Cabral’s victims, pleaded guilty to 1 count of Scheme to Defraud in the 2nd Degree and to 1 count of]]></description> 
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      	  <title> New Bedford Drug Dealers Arraigned on Drug Trafficking Indictment</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ BOSTON – Three men, one from Bourne and two from New Bedford, were arraigned late yesterday on an indictment charging them with heroin distribution and related crimes.

Francisco Monteiro, 32, of Bourne, is charged with conspiracy to distribute over a kilogram of heroin and distribution of heroin; Manuel Lopes, 34, of New Bedford, is charged with conspiracy to distribute over a kilogram of]]></description> 
      	  <link><![CDATA[http://diariohorizonte.com/noticia/18415/new-bedford-drug-dealers-arraigned-on-drug-trafficking]]></link> 
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      	  <title> Former Dominican Republic president looks to growth in Latin America
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          <description><![CDATA[ Following the recent appointment of Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Catholic Church, the region is becoming increasingly important in the sphere of global politics, according to former President of the Dominican Republic Leonel Fern&#225;ndez.

Fern&#225;ndez, who led the Dominican Republic from 1996 to 2000 and from 2004 to 2012, addressed a crowd of roughly 100 students and faculty]]></description> 
      	  <link><![CDATA[http://diariohorizonte.com/noticia/18383/former-dominican-republic-president-looks-to-growth-in-latin]]></link> 
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      	  <title> Joanne Chesimard First Woman Named to Most Wanted Terrorists List</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ This is an undated file photo provided by the New Jersey State Police showing Assata Shakur - the former Joanne Chesimard - who was put on a U.S. government terrorist watch list on May 2, 2005, and is now living in Cuba, according to the FBI. (New Jersey State Police/AP Photo)

Joanne Chesimard, a left-wing militant who shot a state trooper on the New Jersey Turnpike 40 years ago today, has]]></description> 
      	  <link><![CDATA[http://diariohorizonte.com/noticia/18378/joanne-chesimard-first-woman-named-to-most-wanted-terrorists]]></link> 
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      	  <title> Bergen County prosecutor announces more than 100 arrests by heroin task force
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          <description><![CDATA[ More than 100 people face drug charges related to a four-month investigation into the rise of heroin addiction and distribution in North Jersey, the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office announced today.

Prosecutor John L. Molinelli announced this morning the arrest of 23 suspected drug traffickers. The identities of nearly 100 others — charged with buying and possessing heroin — will be released]]></description> 
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      	  <title> Mario Rodriguez guilty on all counts in shooting of three people on the lower east side</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., today announced the conviction of MARIO RODRIGUEZ, 25, for shooting and wounding three people on the Lower East Side in 2010, including two innocent bystanders. A jury in New York State Supreme Court found the defendant guilty of all counts in the indictment: Attempted Murder in the Second Degree, Assault in the First Degree, Criminal Possession of]]></description> 
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      	  <title> Changing Perspective The Obama-Pe&amp;#241;a Nieto Meet at Los Pinos</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ The May 2-3 presidential meet in Los Pinos could not have come at a better time. Presidents Barack Obama and Enrique Pe&#241;a Nieto certainly need some one-on-one time to sort out some pressing issues in the North American neighborhood. 

Several months into their new presidential terms, both presidents come to the meeting weakened by domestic political battles and shocking violence over the past]]></description> 
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      	  <title> Girl, 14, Charged with Arson at Roller Rink
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          <description><![CDATA[ BOSTON, April 30, 2013—A 14-year-old girl is charged with setting the front door of a popular roller-skating rink on fire Saturday night after being denied entry, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.

The Mattapan teen, whose name will not be released because of her age, was arraigned yesterday in the juvenile session of Dorchester District Court. Assistant District Attorney]]></description> 
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      	  <title> THIRTEEN INDIVIDUALS CHARGED IN MANHATTAN FEDERAL COURT IN CONNECTION WITH ALLEGED INTERNATIONAL SEX TRAFFICKING AND PROSTITUTION NETWORK</title> 
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Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and James T. Hayes, Jr., the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (“ICE”) Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI”), announced today the arrests of 13 individuals for their alleged roles in a sex trafficking and prostitution network, which exploited]]></description> 
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      	  <title> Cocaine Supplier Who Led a Major Drug Network in Camden Pleads Guilty to First-Degree Racketeering</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ TRENTON – Attorney General Jeffrey S. Chiesa announced that a major cocaine supplier who led a Camden drug network pleaded guilty today to first-degree racketeering.

Luis Burgos, 34, of Camden, pleaded guilty to first-degree racketeering before Superior Court Judge Michael J. Kassel in Camden.  Burgos was charged as a result of a cooperative investigation, Operation Jumpstart, involving state,]]></description> 
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      	  <title> 23% Think Surveillance Cameras Have Violated Their Privacy</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ Most working Americans say there are surveillance cameras where they work, and one-in-four of all Americans think their privacy has been violated by such cameras.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that most Americans (69%) do not feel that a security or surveillance camera has violated their privacy. But 23% do believe their privacy has been violated.  

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      	  <title> Cambridge Man Charging Assault, Stabbing at Subway Station
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          <description><![CDATA[ BOSTON, April 25, 2013—A Cambridge man was arraigned today on charges he attacked two people at a train station earlier this month, puncturing one victim’s lung by stabbing him, District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.

JOSE MURILLO (D.O.B. 5/21/85) was arraigned in Boston Municipal Court today on two charges of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.  At the request of Assistant District]]></description> 
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      	  <title> Two Bergen Men Indicted On Drug Charges</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ TRENTON - Attorney General Jeffrey S. Chiesa announced that two Bergen County men were indicted today by a state grand jury on first-degree drug charges for allegedly possessing a total of 51 kilograms of cocaine that were seized by the Division of Criminal Justice in 2011.

Mario C. Miller, 33, and Jesus Rivera, 54, both of Edgewater, were indicted on charges of first-degree possession of]]></description> 
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      	  <title> French Citizen Charged With Fraud In Airplane Incident</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ Philippe Jeannard, from  France, is charged by information1, filed today, with one count of fraud in connection with identification document, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.  

According to the information, Jeannard boarded a commercial airplane, on March 20, 2013, at Philadelphia International Airport, using the Air France identification card of a former Air France employee]]></description> 
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      	  <title> WADIH EL HAGE RESENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that WADIH EL HAGE, a United States citizen, was resentenced today in Manhattan federal court to life in prison for his participation in al Qaeda conspiracies to murder U.S. nationals and government employees that culminated in the 1998 bombings of the U.S. Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, and for lying to]]></description> 
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      	  <title> Board Denies Parole to Lawrence Rapist Angel Rivera</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ The Massachusetts Parole Board denied parole to Angel Rivera, 40, who pled guilty to charges related to a series of brutal rapes and armed robberies in the Lawrence area in 1990, in a decision released by the Board late yesterday.  The Board also imposed the maximum review period of 5 years.
 
“This defendant committed vicious attacks on ten victims ranging from age 2 to 34; including raping]]></description> 
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      	  <title> Teen stabs man, steals cellphone in 2nd robbery try</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ NEW BEDFORD — A teen stabbed a 49-year-old man in a robbery try Friday and stole a cellphone in a separate incident, police said.

The stabbing victim was found about 6 p.m. bleeding heavily at Rockland and Purchase streets and was transported to Rhode Island Hospital, according to Detective Capt. Steven Vicente, head of the Major Crimes Unit.

The victim, who is not identified, told police he]]></description> 
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      	  <title> Lowell Man Convicted of First Degree Murder in 2010 Lawrence Shooting</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ Rafael Martinez, 21, of 17 Bassett Street, Lowell was found guilty of first degree murder by an Essex Superior Court jury today in Salem Superior Court.  Judge Timothy Q. Feeley imposed the mandatory life sentence without the possibility of parole.  The jury started its deliberations yesterday afternoon following the four day trial.

“This was a cold-blooded brazen murder,” Essex District]]></description> 
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      	  <title> Jovani Torres Pleads Guilty to the June 2012 Murder of Ivan Tavares</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced that Jovani Torres (DOB: 4/24/81), with a last known address of 292 Potters Avenue, Providence, today pleaded guilty before Superior Court Justice Robert D. Krause for the June 2, 2012 murder of Ivan Tavares.

In accordance with the plea agreement, Torres was sentenced to life on the count of murder, 20 non-parolable years, to run consecutive, on the]]></description> 
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      	  <title> Camden Vicinage Superior Court to Offer Free Expungement Seminars 
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          <description><![CDATA[ The Camden Vicinage Superior Court will sponsor two expungement seminars for the public. The guest speaker will be Assistant Camden County Prosecutor Robert K. Uyehara Jr. 

A criminal conviction can interfere with one’s ability to obtain a job, security clearance, or financial aid when pursuing education. An expungment is a legal remedy available for certain criminal and disorderly persons]]></description> 
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      	  <title> ICE deports convicted drug kingpin wanted for murder in Mexico 
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          <description><![CDATA[ PHILADELPHIA – A Mexican drug lord who was responsible for multi-ton shipments of cocaine to associates in the United States – and was also wanted for a murder in his home country – was deported April 11 by officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO). Upon his return, he was turned over to Mexican law enforcement officials.
Javier Torres]]></description> 
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      	  <title> Troopers Take Down Drug Distribution Ring
Operating In and Around Local Barber Shop</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ Perth Amboy, N.J. – Yesterday, State Police arrested six people in the takedown of a drug distribution ring that operated in and around a local barber shop. The arrests were the result of a seven month investigation by the Violent&#38;Organized Crime Control North Bureau focused on the alleged drug dealing activities of Manuel Roman. Roman, 31, of Giera Court in Parlin, N.J., was arrested Thursday]]></description> 
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      	  <title> Worcester Tax Preparer Charged with Preparing False Returns
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          <description><![CDATA[ BOSTON - A Worcester woman was charged today on charges of falsifying tax returns.

Jenniffer Cox Elicier, 34, of Worcester was charged in an Indictment with multiple counts of aiding and assisting in the preparation of false tax returns.

The Indictment alleges that Elicier operated Cox Elicier Tax in Worcester where she prepared individual federal income tax returns for clients. Elicier]]></description> 
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      	  <title> FORMER NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLYMAN IS CHARGED WITH PERJURY</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ Bronx District Attorney Robert T. Johnson announced today the unsealing of an indictment in which former New York State Assemblyman Nelson Castro has been charged with multiple counts of perjury.

The grand jury charged Castro with three counts of Perjury in the first degree stemming from the defendant’s sworn testimony on August 7, 2008 at a hearing before the New York City Board of Elections,]]></description> 
      	  <link><![CDATA[http://diariohorizonte.com/noticia/18089/former-new-york-state-assemblyman-is-charged-with-perjury]]></link> 
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      	  <title> Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces the Extradition of Dominican Militar Francisco Hiraldo Guerrero</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ Brian R. Crowell, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and James T. Hayes, Jr., the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), announced]]></description> 
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      	  <title> CONVICTED DRUG DEALER SENTENCED TO 21 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR VIOLATING THE TERMS OF HIS SUPERVISED RELEASE
</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[    PHILADELPHIA - Edward Montgomery, also known as “One-Eye Eddie,” 35, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was sentenced today to 21 months in prison by the Honorable Gene E.K. Pratter for violating the terms of his supervised release. 
 
        On July 20, 2009, Montgomery was sentenced to 60 months in prison followed by 4 years of supervised release by the Honorable Christopher C. Connor of the]]></description> 
      	  <link><![CDATA[http://diariohorizonte.com/noticia/18005/convicted-drug-dealer-sentenced-to-21-months-in-prison-for]]></link> 
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      	  <title> Jury Rejects “Dookhan Defense” in Repeat Offender’s Drug Trial
</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ BOSTON, April 3, 2013—A Suffolk Superior Court jury deliberated for fewer than 15 minutes last week before convicting a recidivist drug dealer of selling heroin to a plainclothes Boston Police officer, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.

Jurors on March 27 convicted JULIO MEDINA (D.O.B. 8/14/58) of distributing a Class A substance in a school zone for selling members of the]]></description> 
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      	  <title> Two More Arrests in Heroin Trafficking Ring Based in Otsego County
</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ OTSEGO COUNTY, N.Y.  Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration Brian R. Crowell, Otsego County Sheriff Richard J. Devlin, Jr, Oneonta Police Chief Dennis R. Nayor and Otsego County District Attorney John M. Muehl announce further arrests of individuals involved in a major heroin drug trafficking organization in Oneonta, NY.

Special Agent in Charge]]></description> 
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      	  <title> DISTRICT ATTORNEY VANCE AND POLICE COMMISSIONER KELLY ANNOUNCE INDICTMENTS OF 63 MEMBERS OF THREE OF MANHATTAN’S MOST VIOLENT GANGS</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., and New York City Police Department Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly today announced the indictments of 63 members of three rival street gangs – Air It Out, a/k/a “AIO”; True Money Gang, a/k/a “Tru Money Gang,” a/k/a “TMG,” a/k/a “True Money Bosses” (TMB), a/k/a “Trillas;” and Whoadey – that sought to assert control over a section of East Harlem]]></description> 
      	  <link><![CDATA[http://diariohorizonte.com/noticia/17982/district-attorney-vance-and-police-commissioner-kelly-announce]]></link> 
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      	  <title> Dominican Ex-General Extradited to NY on Drug Trafficking Charges</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK.-  The Dominican Republic extradited yesterday retired general and former high-level anti-drug official Francisco Hiraldo Guerrero to the United States, where he is charged with drug trafficking. Hiraldo Guerrero was arrested October 31 in his country,  and he was held in a maximum security cell.  

Prior to his retirement in 2009, Hiraldo Guerrero worked for the National Drug Control]]></description> 
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      	  <title> Santo Mining Acquires 100% of Dominican Republic Claim Next to Goldquest's Recent Gold Discovery</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, April 4, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Santo Mining Corp. (OTCQB:SANP), (the "Company"), is pleased to announce that it has signed a definite agreement to acquire 100% of the "CHARLES" exploration application (the "Charles Claim"). This highly prospective claim is located above San Juan in western Dominican Republic and planted in the heart of the mineral rich "Tireo]]></description> 
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      	  <title> NY State Assemblyman corruption</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said: “For the second time in three days, we unseal criminal charges against a sitting member of our state legislature.  As alleged, Assemblyman Eric Stevenson was bribed to enact a statutory moratorium to give his co-defendants a local monopoly – a fairly neat trick that offends core principles of both democracy and capitalism, simultaneously, and it is]]></description> 
      	  <link><![CDATA[http://diariohorizonte.com/noticia/17960/ny-state-assemblyman-corruption]]></link> 
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      	  <title> FORMER DEEP RIVER RESIDENT
ADMITS MORTGAGE FRAUD OFFENSES
 </title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOHN J. DORAN, 63, of Niantic, formerly of Deep River, pleaded guilty today before United States Magistrate Judge Donna F. Martinez in Hartford to one count of making false statements to influence a bank in connection with a mortgage application.
According to court documents and statements made in court, in May]]></description> 
      	  <link><![CDATA[http://diariohorizonte.com/noticia/17951/former-deep-river-resident-admits-mortgage-fraud-offenses]]></link> 
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      	  <title> DEA dismantles cocaine and heroine drug rings in CT</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ Niantic, Conn. – In a massive operation headed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut and Homeland Security Investigations in Connecticut, in partnership with federal, state and local law enforcement agencies, approximately one hundred individuals were arrested today on charges related to the large-scale trafficking of heroin and cocaine from the Dominican Republic and]]></description> 
      	  <link><![CDATA[http://diariohorizonte.com/noticia/17938/dea-dismantles-cocaine-and-heroine-drug-rings-in-ct]]></link> 
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      	  <title> HARTFORD MAN SENTENCED TO MORE THAN NINE 
YEARS IN PRISON FOR ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF A FIREARM</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ALEXANDER GARAY, 36, of Hartford, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 115 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally possessing a firearm.
According to court documents and statements made in court, on May 22, 2012, GARAY]]></description> 
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      	  <title> About 100 charged in drug raids in R.I., other New England states</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ NIANTIC, Conn. (AP) -- Federal, state and local authorities arrested about 100 people across southern New England Wednesday, alleging involvement in heroin and cocaine trafficking from the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.

More than 700 law enforcement officers executed scores of federal and state arrest warrants in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, Puerto Rico and Rhode Island, officials]]></description> 
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      	  <title> LIVERY FLEET OWNER FOUND GUILTY IN MANHATTAN FEDERAL COURT IN MULTI-YEAR INSURANCE FRAUD SCHEME</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that SCOTT ERIC SANDERS was found guilty yesterday on all counts against him in an Indictment charging him with participating in a long-running automobile insurance fraud scheme and aggravated identity theft.  

As part of the scheme, SANDERS, who owns fleets of commercial vehicles, systematically misled]]></description> 
      	  <link><![CDATA[http://diariohorizonte.com/noticia/17930/livery-fleet-owner-found-guilty-in-manhattan-federal-court-in]]></link> 
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      	  <title> PHILADELPHIA DRUG TRAFFICKER SENTENCED TO 12 YEARS IN PRISON
</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[  Junell Osborne, 29, of Philadelphia, was sentenced today to 12 years in prison for a drug conspiracy that included trafficking in heroin, crack cocaine, and marijuana, and for possession of two firearms as a convicted felon.  He pleaded guilty to all charges on June 25, 2012.  Osborne sold drugs between June 2010 and July 2011 from an apartment at 9404 Lansford Street in Northeast Philadelphia,]]></description> 
      	  <link><![CDATA[http://diariohorizonte.com/noticia/17900/philadelphia-drug-trafficker-sentenced-to-12-years-in-prison]]></link> 
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      	  <title> Three Killed in Alaska State Police Helicopter Crash
</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska State Trooper helicopter carrying a trooper, a pilot for the agency and a rescued snowmobiler crashed in the south-central part of the state, leaving all three aboard feared dead, a spokeswoman said Sunday night.

Trooper spokeswoman Megan Peters said the aircraft went down Saturday night, the wreckage spotted Sunday, and no survivors have been found.

Peters]]></description> 
      	  <link><![CDATA[http://diariohorizonte.com/noticia/17885/three-killed-in-alaska-state-police-helicopter-crash]]></link> 
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      	  <title> The proposition that smoked marijuana is “medicine” is, in sum, false–trickery used by those promoting wholesale legalization.</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ Smoked marijuana has not withstood the rigors of science–it is not medicine, and it is not safe.

Attorney General Eric Holder reiterated that the Department of Justice is committed to the enforcement of the Controlled Substances Act in all states and that this guidance does not “legalize” marijuana or provide for legal defense to a violation of federal law.

The Food and Drug Administration]]></description> 
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      	  <title> 113 Haitian Migrants Apprehended Over Weekend </title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ Aguadilla, Puerto Rico – U.S Customs and Border Protection (CBP), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), and Puerto Rico Police (PRPD) apprehended 113 undocumented immigrant citizens of Haiti over the weekend in three separate events.

After midnight on Mar. 22, a CBP maritime patrol aircraft detected about 10 miles northwest of Mona a single engine vessel traveling south eastbound without navigation lights.]]></description> 
      	  <link><![CDATA[http://diariohorizonte.com/noticia/17850/113-haitian-migrants-apprehended-over-weekend]]></link> 
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      	  <title> Obama to visit Mexico; presidents AL and Caribe will visit too</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ In May President Barack Obama will visit Mexico, where he will meet the country's new president, and Costa Rica, in the second foreign trip of his second term, the White House said Wednesday.

The backdrop to Obama's May 2-4 travel will be his attempt to push through Congress comprehensive reforms that would give illegal immigrants, many of whom hail from Mexico, a path to citizenship.

News]]></description> 
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      	  <title> 64% Think Too Many Are Dependent on Government Aid</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ Americans continue to believe that too many of their fellow citizens are financially dependent on the government, but they’re less critical of programs to help the poor.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 64% of American Adults think there are too many Americans dependent on the government for financial aid. 

Only eight percent (8%) believe not enough Americans are]]></description> 
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      	  <title> Thirty-Four People Charged in Connection with Takedown of Violent Drug Trafficking Organization </title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ CAMDEN, New Jersey—Twenty-five people associated with a criminal street gang that allegedly used threats, intimidation, and violence to maintain control of the illegal drug trade in Atlantic City were arrested today in pre-dawn raids by agents of the FBI, the New Jersey State Police, and officers of the Atlantic City Police Department, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.

The arrests deal a]]></description> 
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      	  <title> 62 Individuals Indicted for Drug Trafficking in the Municipality of Arecibo
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          <description><![CDATA[ SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – On March 20, 2013, a federal grand jury indicted 62 individuals in four separate indictments as the result of investigations led by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Puerto Rico Police Department (PRPD), announced today by United States Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodr&#237;guez-V&#233;lez. The United States Postal Inspectors and the Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives]]></description> 
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      	  <title> Bank Employee Indicted for Cashing Forged Tax Refund Checks </title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ ANCHORAGE—U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that a former employee of Wells Fargo Bank was indicted on charges of negotiating forged U.S. Treasury checks on two separate occasions.

Melissa Licelot Duran-Muniz, 24, of Anchorage, is the sole defendant named in the two-count indictment. The indictment charges that on April 18 and April 22, 2011, Duran-Muniz used her position to]]></description> 
      	  <link><![CDATA[http://diariohorizonte.com/noticia/17758/bank-employee-indicted-for-cashing-forged-tax-refund-checks]]></link> 
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      	  <title> Coast Guard repatriates 10 Cuban migrants
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          <description><![CDATA[ MIAMI — The crew aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Bernard C. Webber repatriated 10 Cuban migrants to Bahia de Caba&#241;as, Cuba, Wednesday.
Coast Guard Sector Key West watchstanders were notified by the captain of the Coast Guard Cutter Thetis of a suspected migrant vessel south of Key West, Fla., Wednesday. The Thetis remained on scene until a Coast Guard Sector Key West boatcrew arrived and safely]]></description> 
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      	  <title> Two MS-13 Street Gang Members Convicted in Federal Court on Racketeering, Murder, and Firearms Charges </title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ Following six weeks of trial, a federal jury in Central Islip today returned a verdict convicting Salvadoran street gang members, Heriberto Martinez, also known as “Boxer,” and Carlos Ortega, also known as “Silent” or “Silencio,” on federal criminal charges, including murder, assault with a dangerous weapon, firearms offenses, and conspiracy. Both defendants are facing mandatory life sentences as]]></description> 
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      	  <title> DA VANCE ANNOUNCES SENTENCING OF RAPIST WHO USED BOXCUTTER TO THREATEN VICTIM IN SOHO
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          <description><![CDATA[ Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., today announced the sentencing of ANDRES SUAREZ, 30, to 25-years-to-life in state prison and 20 years of post-release supervision for raping and assaulting a woman in her Prince Street apartment building in May 2008. On November 27, 2012, a jury in New York State Supreme Court found SUAREZ guilty of all counts in the indictment: Predatory Sexual]]></description> 
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      	  <title> Dominican police say women fabricated claim of sex with Menendez
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          <description><![CDATA[ Dominican Republic Attorney Melanio Figueroa paid  three women to falsely claim on camera last year that they were minors and they had sex with U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, police said Monday

The lawyer contacted a friend, another attorney, Miguel Angel Galv&#225;n, who found the three woman and paid them each between $300 and $425 to record the interviews at a shopping center in La Romana back in]]></description> 
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      	  <title> MANHATTAN DA VANCE, NYPD COMMISSIONER KELLY ANNOUNCE INDICTMENT OF 18 DEFENDANTS ON CONSPIRACY AND DRUG-RELATED CHARGES</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., and New York City Police Department Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly today announced the indictment of 18 defendants for possessing and selling crack cocaine and marijuana in East Harlem. Many of these defendants operated near East 118th Street and Lexington Avenue in Manhattan. The District Attorney’s Crime Strategies Unit and the NYPD’s Manhattan]]></description> 
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      	  <title> Florida Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Kill Federal Judge 
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          <description><![CDATA[ BROOKLYN, NY—U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Dejvid Mirkovic, 38, of Lake Worth, Florida, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge John Keenan, to a felony charge of conspiring to murder the U.S. District Judge (the “federal judge”) who presided over the boiler room fraud conviction of Mirkovic’s co-conspirator, a close business associate. Mirkovic and his co-conspirator]]></description> 
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      	  <title> Paul Ryan unveils $4.6 trillion plan to cut the deficit
</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ WASHINGTON — House Republicans unveiled a budget Tuesday that would balance the nation's books in 10 years without raising taxes but by eliminating President Obama's health care law, revamping Medicare for future retirees and creating just two tax brackets for individuals -- 10% and 25%.

The conservative blueprint stands no chance of gaining traction with Senate Democrats or Obama, but the plan]]></description> 
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      	  <title> Dominican woman recants sex claims on Senator Menendez, lawyer says</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) - A Dominican woman who previously stated in a video that she was paid to have sex with Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey now says the allegations were false, according to a sworn statement released by a lawyer on Monday.

The notarized affidavit was distributed by a prominent Dominican lawyer and friend of Menendez, Vinicio Castillo, who said it had been handed over]]></description> 
      	  <link><![CDATA[http://diariohorizonte.com/noticia/17558/dominican-woman-recants-sex-claims-on-senator-menendez-lawyer]]></link> 
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      	  <title> Who Framed Senator Bob Menendez?</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ The Washington Post is reporting that one of the alleged escorts who accused New Jersey Democrat Robert Menendez of having paid her for sex has told Dominican Republic police that, while she was indeed paid, it was not for sex but to fabricate the story.

According to an affidavit executed by the woman and acquired by the Post, the woman—and her colleague—were approached by an unnamed attorney]]></description> 
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      	  <title> Gold market dropped this week</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ Barrick Gold dropped 1 percent to C$31.31 this week. Barrick Gold Corporation (USA) (NYSE:ABX) shares fell 3.94% and closed at $30.27 in the last trading session of week February 20th.

Gold for April delivery fell 0.9 percent to $1,582.20 an ounce in New York, headed for a fifth monthly loss and the longest slump since January 1997, according to Bloomberg.

“People are buying because they’re]]></description> 
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      	  <title> Honduran criminal alien sentenced to prison for illegally re-entering US
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          <description><![CDATA[ NEW ORLEANS — A convicted felon Honduran national was sentenced to nearly four years in federal prison Wednesday after pleading guilty to a felony charge of illegally re-entering the United States following a prior removal. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) arrested the man Sept. 12 in Metairie during a joint fugitive operations patrol with]]></description> 
      	  <link><![CDATA[http://diariohorizonte.com/noticia/17460/honduran-criminal-alien-sentenced-to-prison-for-illegally]]></link> 
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      	  <title> 116 criminal aliens arrested by Tulsa-based ICE officers in 2012
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          <description><![CDATA[ TULSA, Okla. — As part of its public-safety mission, the local office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced the arrest of 116 foreign nationals with criminal convictions during calendar year 2012.
The Tulsa-based ICE office of Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) was established in 2008 as part of an initiative to reduce the fugitive alien population in the United]]></description> 
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      	  <title> Thirty People Indicted in Massive Florida-Arizona Drug Conspiracy
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          <description><![CDATA[ Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Michael B. Steinbach, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, Antonio J. Gomez, Acting Inspector in Charge, U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), Miami Field Office, and Ric L. Bradshaw, Sheriff, Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office, announce the arrests of 30 individuals]]></description> 
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      	  <title> Coast Guard repatriates 31 Dominican migrants to La Romana, Dominican Republic</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The Coast Guard Cutter Matinicus repatriated 31 Dominicans to La Romana, Dominican Republic Monday, following an at-sea interdiction Saturday by Caribbean Border Interagency Group law enforcement authorities, approximately twelve nautical miles off the coast of Desecheo, Puerto Rico.
Assistant United States Attorney Evelyn Canals with the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Puerto]]></description> 
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      	  <title> Coast Guard interdicts $17 million of cocaine from go-fast vessel</title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ MIAMI — The Coast Guard intercepted 1,400 pounds of cocaine with an estimated wholesale value of more than $17 million from a go-fast vessel in the southwest Caribbean Sea, Jan. 24, 2013.
While conducting a law-enforcement patrol, the crew of a Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine aircraft located a suspicious go-fast vessel with four persons aboard.
The crewmembers from the Coast Guard]]></description> 
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      	  <title> Four Plead Guilty to Selling Homes without Knowledge of Real Property Owners </title> 
          <description><![CDATA[ ALEXANDRIA, VA—Four individuals—including two settlement agents in Annandale, Virginia—have pleaded guilty to conspiring to fraudulently taking over the titles of homes in Washington, D.C., without the real property owners’ knowledge, selling those homes, and keeping the profit.

Neil H. MacBride, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, and Valerie Parlave, Assistant]]></description> 
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