(ICE) Enforcement and Removal
Operations (ERO) arrested 95 criminal aliens including a Nigerian
national arrested throughout southeast Texas during a five-day
enforcement action, which
ended Friday, April 21.
The operation began April 17 and Houston ERO
officers made arrests in the following Texas counties: Brazoria (7),
Ft. Bend (2), Galveston (4), Harris (59), Liberty (3), Matagorda (4),
Montgomery (13), and Wharton (3).
According to ICE and ERO officers, of those arrested, 87 were men and eight were women. All
the foreign nationals targeted during this enforcement action had prior
criminal convictions.
The
majority of those arrested – 82 of the 95 – had criminal histories that
included convictions for the following crimes: homicide, aggravated
assault, assault, burglary of a vehicle, child abuse, domestic violence,
cocaine possession, fraud, driving under the influence, drug
trafficking, felony marijuana possession, illegal entry, larceny,
possessing a controlled substance, and weapons possession.
Individuals
arrested during this operation are from the following countries:
Cambodia (1), Cuba (1), El Salvador (8), Guatemala (3), Honduras (11),
Mexico (66), Nicaragua (2), Nigeria (1) and Vietnam (2).
Following are criminal summaries of five arrested during this operation:
- April
20, a 55-year-old citizen of El Salvador was arrested without incident
in Houston. Convicted of manslaughter. Previously deported from the
United States in April 1987. - April 19, a 32-year-old citizen
of Mexico was arrested without incident in Houston. A Barrio North Side
gang member with convictions for marijuana possession, unlawfully
carrying a firearm and evading arrest. He was previously removed from
the United States in September 2006. - April 21, a 44-year-old
citizen of Mexico was arrested near his home by Houston Fugitive
Operations Team members. Moreno has criminal convictions for illegally
carrying a weapon, vehicle theft, aggravated robbery and robbery. - April
19, a 68-year-old citizen and national of Cuba, was arrested at his
residence in Houston. Was previously convicted twice for robbery and
twice for burglary of habitation. - April 18, a 25-year-old
citizen and national of Mexico was arrested without incident in Houston.
He has a criminal conviction for indecency with a child by exposure.
“This
operation was focused on fugitives and criminal aliens,” said Patrick
Contreras, field office director of the ICE Enforcement and Removal
Operations office in Houston. “Public safety remains a top priory for
ICE. This was a focused four-day operation, but our routine operations
occur daily.”
All of the targets in this operation were subject
to arrest and removal under the Immigration and Nationality Act, ICE
officials said.
During the targeted enforcement operations, ICE
officers frequently encounter others illegally present in the United
States. They are evaluated on a case-by-case basis, and, when
appropriate, they are arrested by ICE officers.
Source: Ice.gov
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