HOUSTON, TX - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested 3,593 criminal illegal immigrants in Southeast Texas during the longest federal government shutdown in history.'
According to a press release from ICE, "Among the criminal illegal immigrants arrested by the ICE Houston Field Office during the shutdown were: 13 murderers, 51 child predators, 67 sex offenders, 366 criminal aliens convicted of DWIs, 261 criminal aliens convicted of aggravated assault, 103 criminal aliens convicted of burglary or theft, 46 criminal aliens convicted of weapons offenses, 23 gang members, and 10 illegal aliens with outstanding criminal arrest warrants."
Of the 23 gang members, an MS-13 gang member charged with a triple homicide in Dallas was arrested.
Other criminal convictions and charges represented among those arrested included aggravated kidnapping, drug-related offenses, weapons offenses, human trafficking, making terroristic threats, evading and resisting arrest, prostitution, hit-and-run, bribery, auto theft, forgery, falsifying documents, human smuggling, trespassing, arson, illegally operating a game room, illegal entry, illegal reentry, and numerous other crimes.
"Our entire team understands how critical ICE's mission is to public safety and national security, and despite many of them going without pay, they continued to show up every day and give everything they had to protect this community from dangerous criminal illegal alien gang members, child predators, murderers, and rapists," said ICE Enforcement and Removal Operation Houston Field Office Director Bret Bradford.
"As a result of those efforts, 51 dangerous child predators are no longer free to prey on our children, 10 fugitives have been apprehended and will now face justice for their alleged offenses, and thousands of other violent criminal aliens have been removed from local communities throughout Southeast Texas and will be removed from the United States."
Among some of the criminal illegal immigrants arrested were 23-year-old Brayan Josue Pineda-Ayala, an MS-13 gang member from Honduras who was released into the U.S. by the Biden administration in May 2024 and went on to allegedly commit a triple homicide in Dallas County. He was arrested by ICE on October 7.
Baldomero Perez-Quezada, 56, was removed from the U.S. four times and is a convicted child predator from Mexico. He was arrested on October 17. Juan Jose Moreno-Renteria, 40, illegally entered the U.S. seven times and was arrested by ICE on October 15.
He has been convicted of attempted sex assault of a minor under 14, sexual indecency with a minor under 14, indecent exposure to a minor under 14, aggravated assault with a weapon, and illegal entry.
Francisco Cuevas-Cesar, 41, is a drug trafficker from Mexico who has illegally entered the U.S. 12 times. He was arrested by ICE on October 15. He was previously convicted of trafficking cocaine, burglary, larceny, obstructing police, DWI, twice for illegal entry, and three times for drug possession.
During the government shutdown, ICE also "arrested 10 criminal illegal aliens who have active arrest warrants and were wanted for serious crimes either in the U.S and/or abroad."
Edgar Tomas Reyna Garcia, 36, is from Venezuela and is a local fugitive wanted for allegedly practicing dentistry in Harris County without a license. He was arrested by ICE on October 28. Octavio Cruz-Garcia, 48, is a five-time removed criminal immigrant from Mexico. He is wanted for homicide in Harris County and was arrested by ICE on October 8.
He has previously been convicted of aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury, illegal reentry and twice for theft.
According to a press release from ICE, "Among the criminal illegal immigrants arrested by the ICE Houston Field Office during the shutdown were: 13 murderers, 51 child predators, 67 sex offenders, 366 criminal aliens convicted of DWIs, 261 criminal aliens convicted of aggravated assault, 103 criminal aliens convicted of burglary or theft, 46 criminal aliens convicted of weapons offenses, 23 gang members, and 10 illegal aliens with outstanding criminal arrest warrants."
Of the 23 gang members, an MS-13 gang member charged with a triple homicide in Dallas was arrested.
Other criminal convictions and charges represented among those arrested included aggravated kidnapping, drug-related offenses, weapons offenses, human trafficking, making terroristic threats, evading and resisting arrest, prostitution, hit-and-run, bribery, auto theft, forgery, falsifying documents, human smuggling, trespassing, arson, illegally operating a game room, illegal entry, illegal reentry, and numerous other crimes.
"Our entire team understands how critical ICE's mission is to public safety and national security, and despite many of them going without pay, they continued to show up every day and give everything they had to protect this community from dangerous criminal illegal alien gang members, child predators, murderers, and rapists," said ICE Enforcement and Removal Operation Houston Field Office Director Bret Bradford.
"As a result of those efforts, 51 dangerous child predators are no longer free to prey on our children, 10 fugitives have been apprehended and will now face justice for their alleged offenses, and thousands of other violent criminal aliens have been removed from local communities throughout Southeast Texas and will be removed from the United States."
Among some of the criminal illegal immigrants arrested were 23-year-old Brayan Josue Pineda-Ayala, an MS-13 gang member from Honduras who was released into the U.S. by the Biden administration in May 2024 and went on to allegedly commit a triple homicide in Dallas County. He was arrested by ICE on October 7.
Baldomero Perez-Quezada, 56, was removed from the U.S. four times and is a convicted child predator from Mexico. He was arrested on October 17. Juan Jose Moreno-Renteria, 40, illegally entered the U.S. seven times and was arrested by ICE on October 15.
He has been convicted of attempted sex assault of a minor under 14, sexual indecency with a minor under 14, indecent exposure to a minor under 14, aggravated assault with a weapon, and illegal entry.
Francisco Cuevas-Cesar, 41, is a drug trafficker from Mexico who has illegally entered the U.S. 12 times. He was arrested by ICE on October 15. He was previously convicted of trafficking cocaine, burglary, larceny, obstructing police, DWI, twice for illegal entry, and three times for drug possession.
During the government shutdown, ICE also "arrested 10 criminal illegal aliens who have active arrest warrants and were wanted for serious crimes either in the U.S and/or abroad."
Edgar Tomas Reyna Garcia, 36, is from Venezuela and is a local fugitive wanted for allegedly practicing dentistry in Harris County without a license. He was arrested by ICE on October 28. Octavio Cruz-Garcia, 48, is a five-time removed criminal immigrant from Mexico. He is wanted for homicide in Harris County and was arrested by ICE on October 8.
He has previously been convicted of aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury, illegal reentry and twice for theft.
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