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Feds file 264 immigration cases in Texas in one week
Federal prosecutors charged alleged smugglers and illegal aliens with serious crimes including child sex offenses and armed robbery.
In brief
Federal prosecutors charged alleged smugglers and illegal aliens with serious crimes including child sex offenses and armed robbery. In a single week, federal prosecutors in West and Central Texas filed 264 immigration cases targeting smugglers and deportees with violent criminal histories. Originally reported by…
264 cases filed in one week
Federal prosecutors in West and Central Texas filed 264 immigration and immigration-related criminal cases from September 11 through September 17. The charges include alleged alien smugglers and illegal aliens with prior convictions for serious crimes.
Illegal alien charged with firearm possession
Jose Ramiro Ramirez Nunez, an illegal alien from Mexico, was charged with illegal alien in possession of a firearm after a trooper found an unloaded .40-caliber pistol and two loaded magazines in his vehicle in Guadalupe County.
Deported sex offender caught re-entering
Jose Enrique Vasquez-Nicolas, deported in June 2025 after serving five years for two counts of sexual assault of a child, was arrested in El Indio and charged with illegal re-entry.
Armed robber deported, arrested again
Yoni Donay Hernandez-Orellana, a Honduran illegal alien deported in October 2025, was arrested near Eagle Pass with prior convictions for common law robbery in North Carolina and robbery with a dangerous weapon.
Repeat offender with four DWI convictions
Jose Luis Saldana-Barrios, an illegal alien from Mexico, was arrested in Fort Hancock with two active warrants and charged with illegal re-entry. His record includes a 2015 aggravated assault conviction, a fourth DWI conviction in 2016, and removal in 2017.
U.S. citizens charged with alien smuggling
Pedro Damian Torres admitted picking up five illegal aliens and receiving $600 per person. Lawrence Joshua Lucero faces smuggling charges after arranging to pick up two illegal aliens and has prior convictions for human smuggling, drug trafficking, and child abuse.
Operation Take Back America
The cases are part of Operation Take Back America, a March 2025 initiative directing federal prosecutors and law enforcement to target illegal immigration, cartels, transnational criminal organizations, drug trafficking, and human smuggling.
Here's the gist
In a single week, federal prosecutors in West and Central Texas filed 264 immigration cases targeting smugglers and deportees with violent criminal histories.
