Packages containing 567 pounds of cocaine seized with a street value of 6,973,400 million | Photo credit: CBP
David LeDoux
SPECIAL NOTE: Since Oct. 1, Del Rio Sector has apprehended over 1,800 subjects illegally crossing our borders, from 26 different countries. Citizens of Haiti comprised over 450 of those apprehensions. Due to policies enacted by Title 42, Border Patrol agents rapidly encounter process and expel those illegally entering the U.S. back to their countries of origin for the health and safety of the population.
TEXAS – Below you will find the latest information available for reported drug smuggling, human smuggling and trafficking, and illegal crossings over the Texas border and ports over the past week.
Most news outlets report snippets of the issues that happen on our southern border and only when it fits within their political ideology, all the while downplaying, exaggerating, misleading, and inconsistent information about our southern border activity.
Our border issues are complex, and they affect all Texans and Americans.
Texas is our home and to most Texans, the border isn’t a political issue or a tool to use against another political party; this is a safety and security issue for our children, families, friends, and local and national law enforcement.
To better comprehend the complex issues of drug smuggling, human and sex trafficking of children and adults, unaccompanied children, and illegal immigrant crossings, including child molesters, convicted criminals, murderers, gang members, where they come from, we need real numbers, facts, and statistics.
The information we provide ONLY encompasses the Texas and Mexico border.
This information has been gathered and compiled directly from information by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), which is under the purview of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
As for the accuracy of the information below, we can only decipher and report the information released. Therefore, the number of incidents, arrests, types of narcotics, weight, or the street value of said narcotics is considered the minimum amount.
As you read, we hope the information provided will help all Texans and Americans better understand the complexity of our current immigration laws and policies created by our D.C. lawmakers.
All people apprehended by the Border Patrol undergo criminal history checks using biometrics to ensure their criminal histories are positively identified.
The public is encouraged to take a stand against crime in their communities and to help save lives by reporting suspicious activity at 1-800-863-9382 or contact their website at http://www.cbp.gov.
| APPREHENSIONS & SEIZURES (*Excluding narcotics. For narcotics, see table below) |
TOTAL |
| TOTAL ARRESTS/APPREHENSIONS | 207- ADULTS 2- UNACCOMPANIED JUVENILES (NOTE: Total included above, for more information see below) |
| RESCUED |
2- SIBLING’S/DROWNING: 1- NINE-YEAR-OLD GIRL – DROWNING 1- 13-YEAR-OLD BOY – DROWNING |
| SEX OFFENDERS (Previously Convicted) | 6- OVERALL TOTAL OF SEX OFFENDER 4- OF THE 6 WERE SEX CRIMES AGAINST A CHILD(REN) |
| SEIZURE(S) |
2- COMMERCIAL SHIPMENT OF ALUMINUM SCRAP SHIPMENT |
| SEIZED PASSENGER VEHICLES | 8 |
| SEIZED COMMERCIAL VEHICLES | 3- COMMERCIAL TRACTOR TRAILERS |
| COUNTRIES OF APPREHENSIONS (Home countries of those apprehended/arrested) (USC: United States Citizen) |
CUBA, ECUADOR, EL SALVADOR, GUATEMALA, HAITI, HONDURAS, & MEXICO |
| CONVICTION(S) OR ALLEGED CRIME(S) COMMITTED |
LOCATION OF CRIME | SENTENCE OR OUTSTANDING WARRANT |
| CONVICTION MEXICAN NATIONAL, JHONNY MANUEL JEREZ-CAZORLA – ARRESTED FOR RAPE OF A CHILD AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY FOUND GUILTY OF A LESSER CHARGE, INDECENT ASSAULT, AND BATTERY ON CHILD UNDER 14. |
WORCESTER COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS |
2 YEARS CONFINEMENT |
| CONVICTION MEXICAN NATIONAL – MARTIN ACEVEDO-GALLEGOS, ARRESTED, CHARGED & FOUND GUILTY OF INDECENCY WITH A CHILD. *CRIMINAL HISTORY INCLUDED SEVERAL IMMIGRATION VIOLATIONS AND ARRESTS BY STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. PAST CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS INCLUDE DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED, AND DRUG POSSESSION, WHERE A JUDGE SENTENCED HIM TO FIVE YEARS INCARCERATION. |
RIO GRANDE CITY, TX |
1 YEAR CONFINEMENT |
| CONVICTION MEXICAN NATIONAL – SERGIO CASTORENA-RAMIREZ – CONVICTED OF INDECENCY WITH A CHILD |
FORT WORTH, TX |
1 YEAR CONFINEMENT |
| CONVICTION HONDURAN NATIONAL – JESUS DE LA O-RAMOS – CONVICTED OF INDECENCY WITH A CHILD SEXUAL CONTACT |
SAN ANTONIO, TX |
4 YEARS CONFINEMENT |
| CONVICTION MEXICAN NATIONAL – JORGE MENDEZ-GONZALEZ – CONVICTED OF AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ASSAULT. |
NACOGDOCHES COUNTY, TX |
5 YEARS CONFINEMENT |
| CONVICTION MEXICAN NATIONAL, NOE CHAVEZ-REYES – ARRESTED, CHARGED, AND FOUND GUILTY OF SEXUAL ASSAULT. CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS INCLUDE IMMIGRATION VIOLATIONS, WHICH LED HIM TO BE CONVICTED IN 2012 FOR ILLEGAL ENTRY AND WAS SENTENCED TO 46 MONTHS CONFINEMENT. |
LEACHVILLE, ARKANSAS | 3 YEARS CONFINEMENT |
| TYPE OF NARCOTIC | WEIGHT | STREET VALUE |
| COCAINE | 904 lbs. | $6,974,000 |
| FENTANYL | 5.24 lbs. | $146,915 |
| MARIJUANA | 377 lbs. | $301,000 |
| METHAMPHETAMINE | 65 lbs. | $2,100,000 |
| METHAMPHETAMINE (CRYSTAL) | 0.011lbs. | $1000 |
| METHAMPHETAMINE (LIQUID) |
73 lbs. | $1,464,736 |
| TOTAL | 1,424.25 lbs. | $10,987,651 |
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