U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested six individuals in Houston last week who, according to the agency, have collectively entered the United States illegally 42 times and have been convicted of 48 criminal offenses.
“For the past 20 years, these six violent criminal aliens have brazenly violated our nation’s immigration and criminal laws, wreaking havoc in our local communities and leaving countless victims in their wake,” said ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Houston acting Field Office Director Gabriel Martinez. “Thanks to the current administration’s focus on securing the border and making immigration enforcement a priority, they have been removed from the local community and will no longer be able to prey on innocent Americans.”
The individuals arrested include Oscar Moran Valle, a 43-year-old from Mexico identified as a Paisas gang member. ICE states he has entered the U.S. illegally 12 times and has been convicted of offenses including illegal entry, DWI, drug possession, larceny, providing false identification to law enforcement, illegal reentry, and driving without a license.
Thanh Van Nguyen, age 53 from Vietnam, was also taken into custody. He has been convicted of burglary, larceny, assault, obstructing police, and damaging private property.
Alex Salomon Reyes-Chavez and Marvin Javier Marquez Celaya—both from Honduras—were arrested after reportedly entering the country illegally multiple times. Their convictions include burglary, heroin possession, grand theft auto, cocaine trafficking or possession, larceny, domestic violence and illegal reentry.
Angel Bonilla Barahona of Honduras was arrested for entering the U.S. seven times without authorization; his record includes convictions for assault as well as resisting arrest and other charges.
Jose Angel Munoz Saucedo from Mexico is reported by ICE to have entered illegally on 12 occasions with convictions for DWI offenses among others.
The arrests were carried out by multiagency teams created under recent federal initiatives aimed at public safety by focusing on individuals described as high-risk offenders.
For more information about ICE’s enforcement activities in Texas visit their X account at @EROHouston.