ICE Houston deports 142 criminal aliens to Mexico in past 2 weeks who as a group have been convicted of 473 crimes, illegally entered US 480 times

HOUSTON — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement deported 142 criminal aliens from the Houston area to Mexico in the past two weeks who have illegally entered the United States a combined 480 times and been convicted of 473 criminal offenses. Among the criminal aliens deported to Mexico from May 19 to May 30 were eight documented gang members, 11 convicted child predators, and a criminal alien who has illegally entered the U.S. 21 times.

“Unfortunately, this is not an anomaly,” said ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Houston Field Office Director Bret Bradford. “For the past few years, there was virtually no deterrent to illegally entering the country. As a result, millions of illegal aliens poured into the country including violent criminal aliens, child predators, transnational gang members and foreign fugitives. Many of these dangerous criminal aliens went on to prey on law-abiding residents in local communities right here in Southeast Texas and we’re laser focused on identifying them and removing them from the country before they harm anyone else. This is just a small snapshot of those efforts as it only focuses on deportations to one country over the course of a two-week period, but it gives you an idea of how big this problem really is.”

Among the more egregious criminal aliens deported by the ICE ERO Houston field office were:

• Inocencio Juan Bustamante-Rodriguez, a 35-year-old criminal alien from Mexico, deported to Mexico May 28, who has illegally entered the U.S. 16 times and been convicted of illegal entry four times and illegal reentry twice.
• Luis Angel Garcia-Contreras, a 40-year-old criminal alien from Mexico and documented Surenos 13 gang member, deported to Mexico May 29, who has illegally entered the U.S. 21 times and been convicted of illegal entry four times.
• Cesar Daniel Lobato Perez, a 24-year-old criminal alien from Mexico, deported to Mexico May 28, who has been convicted of arson, aggravated assault causing bodily injury and driving while intoxicated.
• Elias Magana Aguilar, a 48-year-old criminal alien from Mexico, deported to Mexico May 28, who has illegally entered the U.S. six times and been convicted of trespassing, deadly conduct and two DWIs.
• Marco Antonio Salazar-Rojas, a 25-year-old criminal alien from Mexico, deported to Mexico May 29, who has illegally entered the U.S. 12 times and been convicted of human smuggling and possession of illicit narcotics.
• Jose Antonio Mauricio-Rodriquez, a 32-year-old criminal alien and documented Paisas gang member, deported to Mexico May 27, who has illegally entered the U.S. 11 times and been convicted of assault with a deadly weapon, domestic violence, failure to provide an ID to law enforcement, failure to report to his parole officer, and illegal reentry twice.
• Benito Charqueno Zavala, a 60-year-old criminal alien from Mexico and convicted child predator, deported to Mexico May 21, who has been convicted of continuous sexual abuse of a child.
• Johnny Urbina Carillo, a 37-year-old criminal alien from Mexico and convicted child predator, deported to Mexico May 20, who has illegally entered the U.S. twice and been convicted of sexually exploiting a minor, cocaine possession and illegal reentry.
• Jorge Arturo Silva-Solano, a 35-year-old criminal alien from Mexico, who was deported to Mexico May 19 and has illegally entered the U.S. 11 times and been convicted three times for criminal mischief and illegal reentry, twice for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and once for DWI, trespassing, illegal entry, failure to provide an ID to law enforcement, public intoxication and failure to appear.
• Alejandro Aguilar Vazquez, a 45-year-old criminal alien from Mexico, deported to Mexico May 19, who has illegally entered the U.S. 19 times and been convicted three times of cruelty towards a child and DWI, and once for filing a false report and illegal entry.

Among the crimes that the deported aliens have been convicted of were:

• 11 convictions for child sex offenses.
• 76 convictions for DWI.
• 30 convictions for burglary, larceny or theft-related offenses.
• 21 convictions for weapons offenses.
• 43 aggravated assault, domestic violence-related convictions.
• 48 drug trafficking or drug possession-related convictions.
• 22 convictions for human trafficking or human smuggling.
• 99 convictions for illegal entry or illegal reentry.
• 26 convictions for resisting arrest, obstruction, and evading arrest-related offenses.
• 14 convictions for fraud or extortion-related offenses.
• 10 convictions for trespassing or criminal mischief.
• 3 convictions for property crime offenses.
• 4 convictions for hit-and-run.
• 3 convictions for animal cruelty.
• 3 convictions for child cruelty.
• 1 conviction for engaging in organized crime.
• 1 conviction for money laundering.
• 1 conviction for making terroristic threats.
• 54 miscellaneous criminal offenses (public order crimes, public intoxication, etc.).

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