Texas Border Business
EDINBURG, Texas – Border Patrol agents assigned to the Rio Grande Valley Border Patrol Sector arrested three migrants with serious criminal history.
Yesterday morning, McAllen Border Patrol Station (MCS) agents apprehended a group of 33 noncitizens near La Joya, Texas. Record checks for a Guatemalan adult female identified her as a Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang member with two previous removals from the United States.
Yesterday evening, Rio Grande City Border Patrol Station agents apprehended a group of migrants in Roma, Texas. During processing, agents discovered that one noncitizen, a Mexican national, had a prior arrest by the Spring Valley Village Police Department, New York, in 2002, for rape – victim less than 17 years old. He was convicted and sentenced to 279 days confinement. The criminal migrant has also been convicted twice for felony illegal re-entry in immigration proceedings, in which he was sentenced to 33- and 30-months confinement.
This morning, MCS agents responded to a call for assistance from the Department of Public Safety (DPS) with a vehicle stop in Sullivan City, Texas. DPS seized the vehicle and retained custody of the driver. Agents took custody of the smuggled migrants. During processing, agents discovered that Joel Deniz-Aguilar, a Mexican national, had a prior arrest by the Pomona Police Department, California, in 1998, for lewd acts with a child under 14 years old. He was convicted and sentenced to six years confinement. Deniz has also been convicted for felony illegal re-entry in immigration proceedings, in which he was sentenced to 40 months incarceration.
RGV agents have arrested over 1,100 criminal migrants this fiscal year.
Border Patrol processed both subjects accordingly.
Even with the spread of the COVID-19 virus, human smugglers continue to try these brazen attempts with zero regard for the lives they endanger nor to the health of the citizens of our great nation. The U.S. Border Patrol agents of the Rio Grande Valley Sector will continue to safeguard the nation and community against these criminal elements.
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.
