HSTF National Coordination Center

NEW: South Carolina Man Charged with Trafficking Firearms from South Carolina to New York City following Homeland Security Task Force New York investigation MORE HERE: justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/s… (with @HSTFNCC, @HSI_Charlotte, @SDNYnews, @DEANEWYORKDiv, @ATFNewYork & @NYPDnews)

🚨HSTF Interdiction Success🚨 Homeland Security Task Force San Juan intercepted a vessel southeast of Puerto Rico, seizing 1,418 Ibs.(643.3 kg) of cocaine and detaining three Venezuelan nationals. Last night, a @cbpamo (Caribbean Air and Marine Branch) aircraft detected a suspicious boat operating without lights, 35 nautical miles offshore. After coordinated efforts involving air and marine units, the vessel was stopped and searched, revealing bricks of cocaine concealed in black fuel containers. This prosecution is part of the Homeland Security Task Force (@HSTFNCC) initiative, established by Executive Order 14159, Protecting the American People Against Invasion. HSTF is a whole-of-government partnership dedicated to eliminating criminal cartels, foreign gangs, transnational criminal organizations, and human smuggling and trafficking rings operating in the U.S. and abroad. HSTF San Juan includes federal, state, and local partners working together to protect Puerto Rico and the USVI and secure our borders. #BorderSecurity #Interdiction #HSTF #HomelandSecurityTaskForce #DrugSeizure

Reconozco la valentía y precisión de @SEMAR_mx en la operación que llevó a la detención de Audias Flores-Silva, “El Jardinero.” Acciones como esta fortalecen la seguridad y contribuyen a desarticular redes criminales que amenazan a nuestras comunidades. Juntos, logramos resultados que hacen más seguras a nuestras naciones 🇺🇸🇲🇽.

Alleged Guatemalan Drug Kingpin With $10 Million Reward Arrested in San Diego justice.gov/usao-sdca/pr/a…

Protecting our nation demands unified action. BOP is proud to join a historic interagency collaboration with its federal law enforcement partners through the @HSTFNCC. Directed under the President’s Executive Order, Protecting the American People Against Invasion, this powerhouse coalition will work to eliminate criminal cartels, foreign gangs, transnational criminal organizations, and human smuggling and trafficking rings operating in the United States and abroad. #LetsGetToWork

After a takedown operation April 22 across New Jersey, 29 members and associates of a dangerous drug trafficking organization were arrested on narcotics trafficking and firearms offenses as a result of an ongoing investigation conducted by HSI Newark and @HSTFNCC partners.

@HSTFNCC is proud to announce the signing of the new HSTF NCC Charter at a ceremony held at the NCC, attended by our federal and international partners. This Charter marks a new era of collaboration to disrupt transnational criminal organizations and protect the United States.

@HSTFNCC is proud to announce that HSTF.gov is now live! The HSTF, co-led by @FBI and @HSI_HQ, unites 20+ federal agencies and hundreds of state, local, tribal, territorial, and international partners in the fight against Transnational Criminal Organizations.

NEW WEBSITE: hstf.gov The Homeland Security Task Force co-led by the FBI and @HSI_HQ has embedded personnel, resources, and intelligence across the country to crush the presence of transnational criminal organizations operating in America. The task force is committed to identifying and ending drug cartels, foreign gangs, and criminal organizations threatening public safety and national security – and in just one year we’ve seen historic success. To learn more about what we’re doing, visit hstf.gov.

Leader of Clan Del Golfo, The Colombian Drug Cartel and Terrorist Organization, Charged in Superseding Indictment With Expanded Criminal Conduct and Terrorism Offenses justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/l…

Executive of Indian Chemical Company Pleads Guilty to Distributing and Smuggling Fentanyl Precursor Chemicals justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/e…

On March 17, 2026, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico indicted 52 gang members from San Juan, Morovis, and Cataño on drug trafficking and firearms charges. The investigation was led by the DEA and the Puerto Rico Police, with support from multiple federal partners, including the FBI, HSI, CBP, the U.S. Marshals Service, the U.S. Border Patrol, and ATF. During today’s operation, the Puerto Rico National Guard and municipal police departments from Guaynabo, Bayamón, and San Juan also provided support. This case is part of the Homeland Security Task Force (@HSTFNCC), a whole-of-government partnership dedicated to eliminating criminal cartels, foreign gangs, transnational criminal organizations, and human smuggling and trafficking rings operating in the United States and abroad.

ICYMI: An HSTF investigation by @HSIBuffalo, @WDNYNews, @DEANEWYORKDiv and @OntarioSheriff led to the guilty plea of a Texas woman for her role in a cross-country narcotics conspiracy originating in Mexico. More here: justice.gov/usao-wdny/pr/t…

Honduran National Extradited from Guatemala to Face International Drug Trafficking Charges @USAO_EDTX following Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) investigation justice.gov/usao-edtx/pr/h…

Norfolk man convicted on federal drug trafficking and firearms charges. Jamar Gay faces a mandatory minimum of 30 years and up to life in prison when sentenced on Aug. 2. This case is part of the Homeland Security Task Force initiative. The HSTF is a United States government partnership dedicated to eliminating criminal cartels, transnational gangs, and transnational criminal organizations worldwide. Link to press release: justice.gov/usao-edva/pr/n… @edvanews @atfwashington @deawashingtondc @HSI_HQ @norfolkpd Chesapeake Police Department

Based on the ongoing work of the interagency fugitive team on the Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF), which the FBI manages with HSI, three men were arrested earlier this month. John Patrick Balase was arrested in Echo Park after HSTF members received information that Balase absconded and was in violation of his parole in connection with a federal conviction in Colorado for receipt of child pornography. Balase was arrested in Echo Park where it appeared he had been living out of his vehicle. Kyle Patrick Alan Mayville, who was in the vehicle with Balase at the time of the arrest, was found to be wanted for three felony warrants in Colorado, to include failure to register as a sex offender; a parole violation; and contempt of court in a child exploitation case. Mayville had been convicted in Thornton, Colorado, where he assaulted and drugged a victim; and in Hudson, Colorado, for the sexual exploitation and assault of a child. In a separate case, William Lawrence Billow was wanted for multiple parole violations after he was convicted federally in an FBI case for possession of child pornography for which he was sentenced to 120 months and 15 years of supervised release. In March, a federal judge issued an arrest warrant for Billow and he was taken into custody in Woodland Hills, California.

900,000 Potentially Lethal Fentanyl Doses Seized in L.A.! “Half a million counterfeit pills & 15 kilos of fentanyl are now off the streets because DEA & our HSTF partners moved as one," DEA ACO Brian Clark, Pacific & Southwest Region. @TheJusticeDept Read dea.gov/stories/2026/2…

MAN ARRESTED IN NICARAGUA, BROUGHT TO U.S. TO FACE SCAMMING CHARGES A massive HSI-led investigation w/ @HSTFNCC partners resulted in another arrest of an alleged leader of a transnational scam that defrauded elderly individuals in more than 40 states of over $21 million More ⬇️

HSI McAllen & @HSTFNCC partners secured a 20-year federal prison sentence for Pedro Antonio Vasquez-Reyes, an illegal alien from Mexico who led a drug trafficking ring importing meth, cocaine, and heroin into Texas and smuggling cash into Mexico.

A vessel from the Dominican Republic attempting to smuggle narcotics was intercepted in Loíza by the Puerto Rico Police Department’s FURA units in coordination with HSTF San Juan. ✔️ 3 arrests ✔️ 823 kgs of cocaine seized @HSTFNCC