EL PASO, TX - On Friday, March 29th, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) posted a video to social media showing the moments four illegal immigrants were caught cutting through C-Wire as they attempted to illegally breach the fence near Gate 36 in El Paso.
According to reports, all four men have been arrested and charged thanks to Operation Lone Star. Along with posting the video, Texas DPS wrote, "Destroying state property is a crime — those responsible will be arrested & charged." Texas and other southern border states continue to deal with an influx of illegal immigrants attempting to cross the border, with many of them succeeding and evading Border Patrol agents.
Data indicates that in the month of March, there were more than 30,000 encounters in the El Paso sector and in February there were 24,000. Within one month there was a 25 percent increase. In contrast, the Del Rio Sector where Texas officials have sought to take operational control from the federal government, has seen a decrease of 20 percent in encounters from February to March.
The arrest of the four men on Friday, March 29th, comes a month or so after hundreds of illegal immigrants tore down other razor fencing and rushed National Guard troops. From that incident alone, more than 200 people have been arrested. Governor Greg Abbott called the incident a "border riot" and since has called upon additional reinforcements on the El Paso stretch of the border. In a social media post, the governor instructed Texas DPS to "arrest every illegal immigrant involved for criminal trespass and destruction of property."
According to a post from Texas DPS, "All 214 will be held until they can be taken by U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE). The group is made up of adult males and females from Venezuela, Guatemala, Ecuador, Colombia, Cuba, Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador." Texas DPS added, "Additionally, nine people are facing felony rioting charges. Seven of those people are currently in custody and have been booked into the El Paso County Jail."
On Sunday, March 31st, three illegal immigrants were arrested after being caught allegedly disabling razor wire and tossing away the pliers. Two men from Brazil and one from Ecuador appeared before a jail magistrate on Tuesday, April 2nd in El Paso County. The magistrate declined to lower their bond on a charge of criminal mischief.
The men have been identified as William Silva, Wagner Miranda, and Simon Llivisaca. The three men were observed by the Texas Army National Guard using pliers to make their way past the concertina wire and proceed to the top of the river lee, according to Assistant El Paso District Attorney Jessica Lamberth.
Testimony provided by the National Guard said that Silva and Miranda ran to the top of the Rio Grande levee near Gate 36 of the border wall and Miranda was seen tossing away the pliers. The Guard allegedly observed Llivisaca using another set of pliers to disable the concertina and attempt to reach the border wall.
Llivisaca told the magistrate that he was headed to join family in the D.C. area, adding that he had a 10th-grade education and a five-year-old daughter to provide for. Miranda said that he was headed to New Jersey to join his brother, but that his wife and four children were still in Brazil. He told the magistrate, "I did not cause any damages to the wire, but I was there. It was already cut open."
None of the men could afford their $1,000 bond and the request to lower that bond was denied by the magistrate "based on circumstances" and the men and their "lack of status in the United States."
According to reports, all four men have been arrested and charged thanks to Operation Lone Star. Along with posting the video, Texas DPS wrote, "Destroying state property is a crime — those responsible will be arrested & charged." Texas and other southern border states continue to deal with an influx of illegal immigrants attempting to cross the border, with many of them succeeding and evading Border Patrol agents.
Data indicates that in the month of March, there were more than 30,000 encounters in the El Paso sector and in February there were 24,000. Within one month there was a 25 percent increase. In contrast, the Del Rio Sector where Texas officials have sought to take operational control from the federal government, has seen a decrease of 20 percent in encounters from February to March.
The arrest of the four men on Friday, March 29th, comes a month or so after hundreds of illegal immigrants tore down other razor fencing and rushed National Guard troops. From that incident alone, more than 200 people have been arrested. Governor Greg Abbott called the incident a "border riot" and since has called upon additional reinforcements on the El Paso stretch of the border. In a social media post, the governor instructed Texas DPS to "arrest every illegal immigrant involved for criminal trespass and destruction of property."
According to a post from Texas DPS, "All 214 will be held until they can be taken by U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE). The group is made up of adult males and females from Venezuela, Guatemala, Ecuador, Colombia, Cuba, Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador." Texas DPS added, "Additionally, nine people are facing felony rioting charges. Seven of those people are currently in custody and have been booked into the El Paso County Jail."
On Sunday, March 31st, three illegal immigrants were arrested after being caught allegedly disabling razor wire and tossing away the pliers. Two men from Brazil and one from Ecuador appeared before a jail magistrate on Tuesday, April 2nd in El Paso County. The magistrate declined to lower their bond on a charge of criminal mischief.
The men have been identified as William Silva, Wagner Miranda, and Simon Llivisaca. The three men were observed by the Texas Army National Guard using pliers to make their way past the concertina wire and proceed to the top of the river lee, according to Assistant El Paso District Attorney Jessica Lamberth.
Testimony provided by the National Guard said that Silva and Miranda ran to the top of the Rio Grande levee near Gate 36 of the border wall and Miranda was seen tossing away the pliers. The Guard allegedly observed Llivisaca using another set of pliers to disable the concertina and attempt to reach the border wall.
Llivisaca told the magistrate that he was headed to join family in the D.C. area, adding that he had a 10th-grade education and a five-year-old daughter to provide for. Miranda said that he was headed to New Jersey to join his brother, but that his wife and four children were still in Brazil. He told the magistrate, "I did not cause any damages to the wire, but I was there. It was already cut open."
None of the men could afford their $1,000 bond and the request to lower that bond was denied by the magistrate "based on circumstances" and the men and their "lack of status in the United States."
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2024-04-05T21:51-0400 | Comment by: Brian
Quit arresting them and drop em with a 180gr SBTMK 308 round.