Texas Border Business
EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector (RGV) agents arrested a wanted Honduran national and gang members with serious criminal history throughout the week.
On May 24, McAllen Border Patrol Station apprehended a group of 46 migrants near La Joya. Record checks on a Honduran national revealed he is wanted in Honduras for drug trafficking.
Later that afternoon, Falfurrias Border Patrol Station (FLF) agents apprehended a MS-13 gang member from El Salvador with criminal history. He was sentenced in 2009 to 99 months’ combined confinement in Atlanta for unlawful transportation of firearms and racketeering activity-murder/kidnapping. He was subsequently sentenced to 24 months’ confinement and removed from the U.S.
On May 25, FLF agents apprehended a group of 25 migrants attempting to circumvent the checkpoint. Record checks on a Honduran national revealed he was convicted of a 2nd degree felony for indecency with a child sexual contact.
Additionally, this week, RGV agents arrested four 18th Street gang members, five Mara-Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang members and one additional Paisas gang member.
All subjects were processed accordingly.
