Alfonso Chardy
The Miami Herald
Miami, FL, United States
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Northern Collins Avenue construction to stall traffic east of Lehman Causeway
Construction along Collins Avenue from south of Bayview Drive to the William Lehman Causeway will be one of the roadway projects hampering the commute this week in Miami-Dade County. → Read More
Immigrants convicted of crimes may face 'express' deportations
A new legal tactic shortens the wait time for deportation of foreign nationals convicted of a crime. → Read More
Couple arrested in heroin-smuggling network on commercial flights
Drug Enforcement Administration agents arrested a Miami couple after discovering a narcotics smuggling network that transported heroin from Ecuador on commercial flights to Miami, according to federal court records. → Read More
Man identified as Colombian judge accused in arms-shipment case in Miami
Miguel Horacio Gómez Achicue, identified in Colombian news media as a judge in Cali, was arraigned in Miami federal court last week and pleaded not guilty in a case involving the shipment of parts for AR-15 rifles. → Read More
He’s accused of robbing a bank on Facebook and giving away the loot. Was he insane?
The man accused of robbing a bank in Miami and then giving away the loot while standing on the trunk of a car in front of a crowd in Miami Beach will claim insanity at his trial, according to court records. → Read More
Projects on Coral Reef Drive, Biscayne Boulevard to slow traffic
A project on Coral Reef Drive in south Miami-Dade will be among the new and ongoing roadwork that hamper the commute this week in the county. → Read More
Number of applications for U.S. citizenship has increased under Trump
President Donald Trump's new immigration policies have fostered a climate of fear among many immigrants, including those who are legal residents. → Read More
Lane closures to come as $1.4 million landscape project begins on Palmetto Expressway
Workers are scheduled to begin a landscaping project along State Road 826 (the Palmetto Expressway) from Southwest Second Street to Northwest 14th Street. The project, which will cost an estimated $1.4 million, will take roughly 10 months and includes planting of trees. → Read More
Border guards accused of illegally turning away foreigners seeking asylum
A new report says immigration authorities along the U.S.-Mexico border have continued to block foreign asylum seekers from entry. If the assertions are true, they constitute evidence that some border immigration officials are either violating U.S. law and U.S. international agreements or are ignorant of these commitments. → Read More
New Spanish-language website makes it easier to find detained foreign nationals
The new U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Spanish-language website provides easy access to a useful search tool called Localizador de Detenidos, or “detainee locator,” that helps find where detained foreign nationals are being held. → Read More
Roadwork continues on Homestead Extension ramps at SW Eighth Street
Ongoing roadway projects on expressways and surface roads will again hamper the commute this week in Miami-Dade County. → Read More
Without new wall, undocumented immigrants will use the same tactics to enter the U.S.
Undocumented immigrants will continue to use ladders, rafts or tunnels or other tactics to cross the U.S.-Mexico border. → Read More
Three brought to trial in Miami for conspiring to transport cocaine
Their boat was intercepted by the U.S. Coast Guard near the Galapagos Islands. → Read More
Northeast 54th Street rail crossing to close Sunday through May 26
Workers helping to build a future passenger train to Orlando will close a rail crossing this coming weekend on Northeast 54th Street at the junction with the Florida East Coast Railway track. The closure begins Sunday at 7 a.m. and continues through Friday, May 26, at 6 p.m. → Read More
Two men face federal charges for ‘fishing’ checks out of Hialeah mailboxes
Two men arrested by Hialeah police have been charged in Miami federal court with stealing envelopes from mailboxes, including several that contained checks. → Read More
Wanted for decades for legendary crimes, a pair of Hialeah robberies finally brought him down
Before his capture in August, Anibal Mustelier racked up a criminal record that included assassination attempts, extortion, and one of the most spectacular bank robberies in Miami’s history. Some even suspected that he might have acted as Fidel Castro’s hitman in South Florida. → Read More
Toughened asylum process for immigrants is part of an effort to prevent fraud, authorities say
While critics have denounced the new directives as part of a broader anti-immigrant strategy, interviews with administration officials, former immigration judges, former government asylum officers and scholars who have researched the issue show that indeed there have been prior instances of fraud in the credible fear and asylum process. → Read More
Thousands protest across the country against Trump immigration measures
From Miami to Washington, D.C., and from the U.S. capital to Chicago, Dallas and Los Angeles, immigrants and activists rallied on the streets and campuses to denounce stepped-up detentions and deportations of foreign nationals that have been taking place nationwide since Trump took office on Jan. 20. → Read More
76 foreigners arrested in Florida and Puerto Rico by ICE
An ICE statement noted that during fiscal year 2016 the agency conducted 240,255 removals or deportations nationwide, and that 92 percent of individuals removed from the interior of the United States had previously been convicted of a crime. → Read More
Another case of fictitious marriages with Cubans emerges in Miami
The indictment, issued by a federal grand jury in Georgia, charged at least 15 people — most of them Cubans. Among them were three people arrested in Miami, according to court documents. → Read More