ICE arrests 6 illegal aliens in Houston who account for 48 criminal convictions, 42 illegal entries

HOUSTON — ICE arrested six illegal aliens this past week in the Houston area who, as a group, have illegally entered the U.S. an astounding 42 times and 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 six criminal aliens arrested included:

• Oscar Moran Valle, a 43-year-old criminal alien from Mexico and documented Paisas gang member, arrested by ICE July 29. He illegally entered the U.S. 12 times and been convicted of 11 criminal offenses, including three convictions for illegal entry, two for DWI, and one each for drug possession, larceny, giving a false ID to law enforcement, illegal reentry and driving without a license.
• Thanh Van Nguyen, a 53-year-old criminal alien from Vietnam, arrested by ICE July 29. He illegally entered the U.S. and has been convicted of nine criminal offenses, including three convictions for burglary, two for larceny and assault, and one for obstructing police and damaging private property.
• Alex Salomon Reyes-Chavez, a 46-year-old criminal alien from Honduras, arrested by ICE July 30. He illegally entered the U.S. five times and has been convicted of seven criminal offenses, including two convictions for burglary and heroin possession, and one for grand theft auto, cocaine trafficking and illegal reentry
• Marvin Javier Marquez Celaya, a 38-year-old criminal alien from Honduras, arrested by ICE July 30. He illegally entered the U.S. five times and has been convicted of eight criminal offenses, including three convictions for burglary, two for cocaine possession, and one each for larceny, domestic violence and illegal reentry.
• Angel Bonilla Barahona, a 38-year-old criminal alien from Honduras, arrested by ICE July 29. He illegally entered the U.S. seven times and has been convicted of seven criminal offenses, including three convictions for assault, and one each for resisting arrest, criminal mischief, flight to avoid arrest and illegal reentry.
• Jose Angel Munoz Saucedo, a 40-year-old criminal alien from Mexico, arrested by ICE July 30. He illegally entered the U.S. 12 times and been convicted of eight criminal offenses, including four convictions for DWI, two for illegal entry, and one for fleeing from a police officer.

The arrests were made by multiagency targeting teams established under the current administration to bolster public safety, national security and border security by targeting the “worst of the worst” dangerous criminal aliens for arrest and removal.

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