He's opened two hotels in the French Quarter, mostly for US marshals.

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He was led away from the courtroom by US Marshals and turned over to the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

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William Sorukas, chief of the US Marshals Service's domestic investigations branch, told the Associated Press that investigators learned about the trip days in advance and were therefore able to prepare for an arrest.

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The US has more than 1, 000 air marshals, a Homeland Security spokeswoman told the BBC.

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"The modern world of technology, because there is more information out there, it's that much more important for our people to be vigilant and for us to be vigilant, " said Harlow of the U.S. Marshals Service.

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