Texas Border Business
EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector (RGV) Border Patrol agents arrest two criminal migrants convicted of violent crimes.
Monday afternoon, RGV agents apprehended 22 subjects from a Mission, Texas, residence. Criminal records checks identified a 35-year-old male as a Surenos 18 street gang member. The Salvadoran national has a lengthy criminal history in his country of citizenship, to include aggravated homicide, extortion, and illicit groups.
Yesterday afternoon, Weslaco Border Patrol agents working in Hidalgo, Texas, apprehended a group of 67 migrants after they illegally entered the United States. At the station, criminal records checks revealed a 39-year-old male with a previous conviction of attempted murder in Chicago, Illinois, in 2008. The Honduran national was found guilty and sentenced to 8 years imprisonment.
All subjects will be processed accordingly.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security charged with the management, control and protection of our nation’s borders at and between the official ports of entry. CBP is charged with keeping terrorists and terrorist weapons out of the country while enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws.
