📺A NEW HSI TOP 5 IS DROPPING IN 3, 2, 1…

HSI's top five. Number one, in California, HSI San Diego special agents arrested a suspected smuggler who drove a van disguised as a news media vehicle through the San Ysidro Port of Entry, seizing more than 51 kg of cocaine hidden inside the vehicle before it could reach the streets of the United States. Number two, in Florida, HSI Fort Pierce special agents and the Stuart Police Department secured a 127-year state sentence for a registered sex offender convicted in a child exploitation case involving travel to have sex with a minor and production of child sexual abuse material.

Number three, in California, HSI Ventura special agents with the Homeland Security Task Force, supported by USCIS Diplomatic Security Service, and Department of Labor OIG helped secure a federal sentence and more than $165,000 in restitution in a farm worker visa fraud scheme that exploited Mexican nationals through illegal fees and withheld wages. Number four, in Texas, HSI McAllen special agents working with HSI Corpus Christi and US Border Patrol arrested two suspects in a deadly human smuggling investigation after a failed attempt left one person dead near the Falfurrias checkpoint. And finally, number five, in Pennsylvania, HSI Allentown special agents with the Homeland Security Task Force, supported by HSI Newark, US Postal Inspection Service, and the Pennsylvania State Police helped bring down a prolific darknet drug smuggling operation tied to multiple overdose deaths, securing 25-year and 20-year federal sentences.

From stopping cocaine at the border to protecting children, workers, and families from exploitation and deadly drugs, HSI special agents are taking on the threats that hit communities hardest. For more information, follow us on social media or visit us at hsi.gov.