Recent Texas Border Activity: CBP Apprehend 3,889, Including Child Sex Offenders, Seize Nearly $5 Million In Drugs

Staff Report

NOTE: Corridor News has reached out to U.S. Customs and Border Protection for additional information and were informed that protecting the border and the U.S. Citizens is their first priority. Therefore, we expect what information we receive will be minimal.

Below you will find the latest information available for reported drug smuggling, human trafficking and illegal crossings that have occurred recently on the Texas border and ports.

It has been published by many news outlets around the country that the criminal activity on our Texas-Mexico border has been consistently dropping over the last couple of years, and Americans and Texans have been given inconsistent information on what is occurring on our border.

Our U.S. border issues are complex, and they affect all Texans.

This 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 us, our children, families, friends and our local and national law enforcement.

As you read below, we hope the information provided will help all Texans to better understand the problems happening on our southern border and what we need to do to repair our current immigration laws and policies that stem from our lawmakers in D.C.

However, to better understand if these are real problems or just political bloviation concerning our southern border with drug smuggling, human trafficking of children and adults, unaccompanied children and illegal immigrant crossings that include gang members and many from terrorist countries, we need the real numbers, facts and statistics.

Texas isn’t the only state that shares a border with Mexico. Therefore, as you read our weekly report below, remember this information is only what is occurring on the Texas-Mexico border and Texas ports.

This information has been gathered and compiled directly from information given to us 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 we are providing to you, we can only decipher the information that is released to us. Therefore, the number of incidents, arrests, types of narcotics, weight or the street value of said narcotics is considered the minimum amount.

We give the totals of illegal crossing arrests, including their nationality, drug seizures including weight and “street value” totals, current charges or convictions of those apprehended and other items to help all of us make educated decisions. Additionally, we include links to our other weekly border stories.

All people apprehended by the Border Patrol undergo criminal history checks using biometrics to ensure their criminal histories are positively identified.

To report suspicious activity such as alien and/or drug smuggling, contact their website at http://www.cbp.gov. Or follow them on Twitter at @CBPRGV.

The public is encouraged to take a stand against crime in their communities and to help save lives by reporting suspicious activity at 800-863-9382.

Help Customs and Border Protection secure our homeland, find out more at cbp.gov/careers.

Read related border coverage:

• May 23, 2019: Recent Texas Border Activity: CBP Apprehend 1,216 Criminals, Illegals And Seize Over $30 Million In Drugs

• May 16, 2019: April 2019 Southern Border Stats Show Border Beyond ‘Breaking Point‘

• May 9, 2019: Texas Border Activity: Rio Grande Valley CBP Sector Has One Of The Highest Weeks Of Apprehensions Ever, At Over 10,000

NOTE: The totals below for arrests, apprehensions, seizures, drugs, etc. are ONLY what is reported by Customs & Border Protection to us. There are multiple incidents that happen everyday on all U.S. borders that aren’t reported. Corridor News is not responsible for the information that is NOT reported or incorrectly reported.

• May 23 – June 6, 2019 •

Texas Border Reported Arrests/Apprehensions

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Reported Arrests/Apprehensions from the following counties;

• El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Honduras Nicaragua, Ecuador, Africa,  Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Sub-Saharan Africa and USC (U.S. Citizen)

• Arrests/Apprehensions: 3,889+ (“+”: see note below)

Of those above there were…

• Rescue(s): 3
• US Citizen(s): 4
• Gang Member(s): 1 (18th Street)
• Child Sex Offender(s): 5
• Seizures
° Passenger Vehicle(s) Seized: 8
° Commercial Vehicle(s): 3
   ° Shipment of Fiberglass
   ° Shipment of Synthetic Rubber

• Arrests with Prior Criminal Conviction(s) or Active Criminal Warrant(s)

NOTE: There are multiple incidents involving criminals from Central America, the United States and most all other countries that happen daily on all U.S. borders. However, the totals below include ONLY what is has reported by U.S. Customs & Border Protection and ONLY along the Texas border. Corridor News is not responsible for what is NOT reported or incorrectly reported

• Prior Criminal Conviction(s): 4

• Prior Conviction: Mexican National – Simon Gonzalez-Munoz, a 44-year-old male, was previously convicted on May 27, 2003, of indecency with a child, sexual contact/aggravated sexual assault. Gonzalez-Munoz was convicted in Brownfield, Terry County, Texas and sentenced to six years confinement. Gonzalez-Munoz, was previously deported in March 2009.
  

• Prior Conviction: Mexican National – Record checks revealed an arrest for kidnapping and rape by the Pennsylvania State Police in the city of Avondale. The presiding judge sentenced the man to two years and six months confinement.
  

• Prior Conviction: Mexican National – Reyes Arroyo-Valencia, a 31-year-old Mexican male, after he illegally entered the United States. Records checks revealed he was convicted in Dallas in 2005 for aggravated sexual assault of a child. Arroyo-Valencia was sentenced to 12 years confinement and was removed from the United States.
  

• Prior Conviction: Mexican National – Fernando Gutierrez-Torres, a 34-year-old Mexican male, after he illegally entered the United States. He was convicted in Ballinger, Texas, in 2011 for sexual assault of a child. Gutierrez-Torres was sentenced to 120 days confinement and was removed from the United States.
  

• Prior Conviction: Salvadoran National – During processing, record checks revealed an arrest by the Herndon, Virginia, Police Department for sexual battery. The man received a sentence of one year and 10 months confinement.
  

*NOTE: Defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
**Note: “+”; U.S. Customs and Border Patrol did not list specific totals and/or countries on some reported incidents.

Texas Border Weekly Narcotic Seizures & Estimated Street Price

*NOTE: The totals below are an estimate of what was reported to us. U.S. dollar and pounds used.

• Estimated Street Value of Narcotics: $4,905,737.80 Million(+)