Imperial Valley News Center
Four Year Anniversary of the House Arrests of Iranian Green Movement Leaders
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Washington, DC - Four years ago today, the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran placed former senior Iranian officials and 2009 presidential election candidates Mehdi Karroubi and Mir Hossein Mousavi, as well as Mousavi’s wife, women’s rights advocate Zahra Rahnavard, under house arrest without formally charging them with any crimes. We join the international community in condemning their continued detention and the harassment of their family members, and in calling for their immediate release.
Indio Agents Seize Cocaine at Highway 86 Checkpoint
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Salton City, California - Thursday, El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to the Indio Station checkpoint arrested a man, for suspected drug smuggling after discovering more than 31 pounds of cocaine in the 1999 Jeep Cherokee he was driving.
Attorney General Holder on Murders in Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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Washington, DC - Attorney General Eric Holder released the following statement Friday regarding the tragic killings of three university students this week in Chapel Hill, North Carolina:
Oregon Resident Pleads Guilty to Accessory After the Fact in Connection with 2009 Suicide Bombing Of ISI Headquarters in Pakistan
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Portland, Oregon - Assistant Attorney General John P. Carlin of the National Security Division and U.S. Attorney S. Amanda Marshall of the District of Oregon announced today that Reaz Qadir Khan, 50, a naturalized U.S. citizen residing in Portland, Oregon, pleaded guilty to the crime of accessory after the fact for providing assistance to individuals connected to the 2009 suicide bomb attack at the headquarters of Pakistan’s intelligence service that killed approximately 30 individuals and injured 300 more.
Suspected Southern California ‘sex traveler’ arrested boarding flight at LAX
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Los Angeles, California - Special agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) arrested a Simi Valley man Thursday night on federal child pornography charges as he prepared to depart for Vietnam to allegedly visit underage girls he communicated with on social media.
‘Operation Roundtable’ ringleader sentenced to 21 years after ICE investigation
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New Orleans, Louisiana - An Abita Springs man who pleaded guilty last year to operating a worldwide child pornography network that was the largest ever discovered in the history of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was sentenced Thursday to 21 years in federal prison for operating a child exploitation enterprise. The sentencing follows an investigation by ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and multiple U.S. Attorneys across the country.
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