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ICE in Houston has arrested a group of six individuals who are illegal aliens after collectively entering the country 42 times without authorization.
These six individuals were apprehended by ICE at the end of July following multiple illegal reentries over two decades, accumulating a total of 48 criminal convictions, as stated in a release on Tuesday.
The criminal convictions of the group include charges such as cocaine trafficking, grand theft auto, assault, domestic violence, and multiple DWIs. One of the individuals is confirmed to be a member of a gang connected to a cartel.
ICE reported that one of the illegal aliens, Oscar Moran Valle, a 43-year-old Mexican national and documented Paisas gang member, entered the U.S. illegally 12 times. Valle has been convicted of 11 criminal offenses, including multiple counts of illegal entry, DWI, drug possession, larceny, providing false identification to law enforcement, illegal reentry, and driving without a license. He was taken into custody by ICE on July 29.
Left to right (top): Alex Salomon Reyes-Chavez, Thanh Van Nguyen, Oscar Moran Valle. Left to right (bottom): Marvin Javier Marquez Celaya, Jose Angel Munoz Saucedo and Angel Bonilla Barahona. (ICE; iStock)
Another individual, Alex Salomon Reyes-Chavez, a 46-year-old from Honduras, entered the U.S. unlawfully five times. Reyes-Chavez has been convicted of seven criminal offenses, including burglary, heroin possession, grand theft auto, and cocaine trafficking. He was apprehended by ICE on July 30.
Angel Bonilla Barahona, a 38-year-old Honduran national, was arrested by ICE after illegally entering the U.S. seven times and being convicted of seven criminal offenses, such as assault, resisting arrest, criminal mischief, and fleeing to avoid arrest.
Marvin Javier Marquez Celaya, a 38-year-old individual from Honduras, was taken into custody by ICE on July 30. Celaya entered the U.S. illegally five times and has been convicted of eight criminal offenses, including burglary, cocaine possession, larceny, domestic violence, and illegal reentry.
Thanh Van Nguyen, a 53-year-old from Vietnam, unlawfully entered the U.S. and has criminal convictions for burglary, larceny, assault, obstructing police, and damaging private property.
ICE made 422 arrests earlier this year in an operation in Houston spanning just one week. (Fox News)
The last individual, Jose Angel Munoz Saucedo, a 40-year-old from Mexico, illegally entered the U.S. 12 times and has been convicted of eight criminal offenses, including DWI, illegal entry, and fleeing from a police officer.
ICE stated that these six arrests were made by multiagency targeting teams established under the current administration to focus on removing the most dangerous criminal illegal aliens from the country.
Gabriel Martinez, ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Houston acting field office director, expressed gratitude towards the administration for prioritizing immigration enforcement, ensuring that such criminal individuals can no longer harm innocent Americans.
Gabriel Martinez, ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Houston acting field office director, thanked the administration for making immigration enforcement a priority so that such criminal individuals “will no longer be able to prey on innocent Americans.” (Trump-Vance Transition Team; ICE)
“For the past 20 years, these six violent criminal individuals have continuously violated our nation’s immigration and criminal laws, causing chaos in our local communities and leaving numerous victims behind,” stated Martinez. “Thanks to the current administration’s commitment to securing the border and prioritizing immigration enforcement, they have been removed from our community.”
